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Powerful seismic waves from Japan’s 2011 earthquake struck Earth’s core and bounced back up, moving island eastward (opens in new tab)

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A seismic wave from Japan’s 2011 magnitude-9 earthquake travelled nearly 2,900 kilometres down to Earth’s core, bounced back to the surface 13 minutes later, an...

A seismic event bounced off Earth’s core and shifted an island country

Japan isn’t quite where it once was. Scientists say a newly recognized seismic event is to blame

A seismic event bounced off Earth’s core and shifted an island country

Japan isn’t quite where it once was. Scientists say a newly recognized seismic event is to blame

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Japão se deslocou 5 mm para leste após terremoto de 2011

Un terremoto de magnitud 9.0 desplaza toda una isla desde el centro de la Tierra