No we are NOT headed for a magnetic pole shift - both magnetic dip poles are near the geographic poles - and no the Earth's crust is NOT able to slip around
![Our magnetic poles shifted in the past. Are we overdue for another shift, and how will that affect our electronics, the continents, and the Sun's effect on us while the poles shift? Our magnetic poles shifted in the past. Are we overdue for another shift, and how will that affect our electronics, the continents, and the Sun's effect on us while the poles shift?](https://www.astronomy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/wanderingpoles.png?fit=1148%2C510)
Our magnetic poles shifted in the past. Are we overdue for another shift, and how will that affect our electronics, the continents, and the Sun's effect on us while the poles shift?
![North Pole ANOMALY: Why is Earth's magnetic field shifting - Will the poles flip? | Science | News | Express.co.uk North Pole ANOMALY: Why is Earth's magnetic field shifting - Will the poles flip? | Science | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/590x/1082797_1.jpg)
North Pole ANOMALY: Why is Earth's magnetic field shifting - Will the poles flip? | Science | News | Express.co.uk
![The Earth's magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly – so what will happen to the northern lights? | PBS NewsHour The Earth's magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly – so what will happen to the northern lights? | PBS NewsHour](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/05/north-pole-2-1024x582.png)
The Earth's magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly – so what will happen to the northern lights? | PBS NewsHour
![A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contributed to mass extinctions | Science News | SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contributed to mass extinctions | Science News | SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG](https://smbasblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/magnetic-poles.jpg)
A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contributed to mass extinctions | Science News | SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
![Earth's North Magnetic Pole Keeps Drifting towards Siberia, Latest World Magnetic Model Shows | Sci.News Earth's North Magnetic Pole Keeps Drifting towards Siberia, Latest World Magnetic Model Shows | Sci.News](https://cdn.sci.news/images/enlarge6/image_7962e-World-Magnetic-Model.jpg)
Earth's North Magnetic Pole Keeps Drifting towards Siberia, Latest World Magnetic Model Shows | Sci.News
![Earth's Pole Reversal - Shift in Consciousness - Universal Life Tools | Magnetic pole, Earth's magnetic field, Earth Earth's Pole Reversal - Shift in Consciousness - Universal Life Tools | Magnetic pole, Earth's magnetic field, Earth](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/9a/e1/8d9ae1b1dc3f413a763bb3575b122b59.jpg)