Researchers discovered an unusual, nationwide shift when examining GPS records of the Tohoku earthquake.

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east

Los científicos descubren que el rebote de las ondas sísmicas contra el núcleo terrestre desplazó todo el archipiélago

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