Underground water in Nebraska affected by Indian Ocean quake

[senorpepr]

LINCOLN (AP) - A groundwater monitoring well registered last month's undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said Tuesday.

Recordings of water levels from the 170-foot-deep well in Aurora clearly show very rapid rises and falls during a 15-minute period corresponding with the Dec. 26 quake, said University of Nebraska research geologist Matt Joeckel.

The state has only three wells that monitor groundwater levels on an ongoing basis. The Aurora well was the only one to register last month's 9.0 quake, which caused a tsunami in south Asia.

[NWIASpotter]

Yes, that quake is large enough to shift the earth itself!!! I believe it was 6 minutes of the earths rotation that it was shifted.

[HurricaneGirl]

Holy Crap!!

[Guest]

Yes, but it only affected the rotation by 3 micro seconds faster. According to scientists, not enough to make any significant change to the earth. This would mean, that they won't have to adjust the atomic clock for some time.