Submitted by bluegoldfish03 t3_1237sv1 in explainlikeimfive
M8asonmiller t1_jduslo8 wrote
Earthquakes, and tectonic activity in general, redistribute mass in the Earth's crust. This doesn't affect the Earth's orbit but it does effect the Earth's rotation (https://youtu.be/M6PuutIm5h4). The change is small enough to be irrelevant in day-to-day life, even if it is ultimately changing the length of a day.
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