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Slate's Explainer: Quakes and Earth's Rotation

By Andy Bowers
Published December 27, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains how Sunday's 9.0 earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean was powerful enough to affect the Earth's rotation.

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Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.

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