Boxing day’s quake – and subsequent tsunami – in Southeast Asia has definitely shocked the complete world – metaphorically and quite literally:
The death toll of the tsunami has risen to 134,000 (one hundred and thirty-four thousand !!!- that’s almost the number of people inhabiting my hometown!). Strangely enough, nearly no wild animals were killed…
The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth’s rotation — shortening days by a fraction of a second — and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, a U.S. geophysicist theorised.
