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The Earth is not a magnet. Its magnetic field is generated by electrical currents generated in the interior; or rather by the net sum of a number of separate electrical current processes.

Nor is the strength or direction of the magnetic field fixed; it varies with time, and is well known to have reversed in polarity many times.

The 'axis' of the Earth's magnetic field is not coincident with the spin axis - it is biased well off to one side.

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