Are we overdue for a pole shift? Earth's magnetic field used to weaken about five per cent per century. Recently it is happening at least ten times faster, at five per cent per decade. The North Magnetic Pole is also racing towards Russia at over 40 miles per hour - though the government stopped allowing public access to the data years ago, and it could be much faster now. If we compare that to the 0.4 miles per year the North Magnetic Pole is estimated to have moved between 1831 and 1904 - then as of a few years ago, the movement was already