Radioman390 wrote:

If the earth slows down or speeds up, our clocks might be wrong. To synchronize
celestial time with earth time, WWV makes occasional adjustments to UTC.
What will happen this time?

I think the Italian was a bit overly excited. But yes, adjustments are made to UTC
time on occassion.

And of course the planet was vibrating, that is why even seismometers in the US and
other areas are readily able to pinpoint the epicenter of any earthquake on earth.

Stay calm.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Excerpt of news story:

Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute, likened the
quake's power to detonating a million atomic bombs the size of those dropped on
Japan during World War II, and said the shaking was so powerful it even
disturbed the Earth's rotation.

``All the planet is vibrating'' from the quake, he told Italian state radio.
Other scientists said it was early too say whether the rotation was affected by
the quake.