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Japan’s 2011 earthquake was so powerful that it shifted the entire country’s location (opens in new tab)

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This “extraordinary” event was likely caused by seismic waves bouncing off Earth’s core, researchers found

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Study links core-reflected seismic wave to Japan shift

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...