Turvy topsy
Scientists believe that the Sumatra earthquake made the earth wobble on its axis and permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation, shortening a day by a fraction of second and permanently altering the regional map. The devastating undersea earthquake off Sumatra in Indonesia has brought about some striking changes in the Indian lithospheric plate, for an estimated 1,200 km of fault line slipped about 15 metres along the subduction zone where the Indian plate drives under the Burma plate. India's southern most edge or Final Operating Base