The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.

The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

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DANG - that's some serious shakin'

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History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man

I was thinking the day seemed shorter! Hey, with a full time job & a 5 year old, you need every millisecond you can get!

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"Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars"