E a Rt H qU aK e - Demonstration of God's Power

Here are some interesting facts that I have come across in the past week concerning the recent Chile earthquake.

*The energy created by the recent Chile earthquake had the same force as 10,000 Hiroshima A-Bombs.

*The earth's day was shortened by 1.26 millionth of a second because of the Chile earthquake.

*GPS measurements have showed that Concepcion,the second-largest city in Chile, moved 10 feet to the west after the earthquake on Feb. 27.

However, Concepcion was not the only city to be repositioned by the quake.

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Maule, Chile, forced many locations in South America to take a step to the west, including 11 inches for Santiago, Chile's capital, and an inch for Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Chilean quake occurred in the "ring of fire" region of the Pacific Ocean. It was caused by a process known as subduction, where one tectonic plate is forced to grind under another tectonic plate above it.

The largest earthquakes measured since 1900 have all taken place in subduction zones, according to an article by Wired Magazine.

"The Maule earthquake will arguably become one of the, if not the, most important great earthquake yet studied," said University of Hawaii project scientist Ben Brooks in a press release.

"We now have modern, precise instruments to evaluate this event, and because the site abuts a continent, we will be able to obtain dense spatial sampling of the changes it caused."

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"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, thought the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling." Psalm 46:1-3