Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the Chilean , Earthquake (February 2010) ? 1. Scientists estimated that the Earths axis of rotation had moved by 3 inches due to the earthquake. 2. Santa Maria island off the coast near Conc

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Q: 98 (CDS-II/2010)
Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the Chilean , Earthquake (February 2010) ?
1. Scientists estimated that the Earth’s axis of rotation had moved by 3 inches due to the earthquake.
2. Santa Maria island off the coast near Concepcion, Chile’s second largest city, may have been raised by 2 metres.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

CDS-II

stats: 

0,5,25,5,6,17,2

keywords: 

{'earthquake': [2, 0, 2, 0], 'rotation': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'chile': [7, 1, 9, 7], 'chilean': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'axis': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'santa maria island': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'earth': [0, 1, 1, 1], 'concepcion': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

The correct statement with respect to the Chilean Earthquake (February 2010) is option 1: Scientists estimated that the Earth`s axis of rotation had moved by 3 inches due to the earthquake. This indicates that the earthquake had an impact on the Earth`s rotation.

Option 2: Santa Maria island off the coast near Concepcion, Chile`s second largest city, may have been raised by 2 meters, is incorrect. There is no information or evidence to support this claim. Therefore, option 2 is incorrect.

In summary, only statement 1 is correct, indicating that the earthquake affected the Earth`s axis of rotation by 3 inches. Alert - correct answer should be option 1 only.