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The deadly earthquake in China this week was devastating and felt across a vast area. The epicenter struck central China's Sichuan Province, yet it was felt as far away as Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. And its origin was shallow. In short, it is exactly what seismologists fear could happen in Southern California some day. Scientists think the Sichuan earthquake was caused by seismic activity associated with the Indian land-mass colliding with the Asian continent (this same force has slowly built up the Himalaya mountain range). Because this week's temblor was relatively shallow — 11.8 miles (19 km) below the ground — it caused especially violent quaking on the surface, which led to extensive damage. "Some of our worst-case scenarios would involve an earthquake somewhat like this on one of the faults that run through the L.A. region," said Thomas Heaton, a professor of engineering seismology at Caltech. "If we had one like this, it would be a tremendous natural disaster. We … [Read more...] about China Quake a ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ for California

A New Zealand military plane found objects floating in the Indian Ocean that could be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Authorities say a ship will reach the search area by Saturday to investigate the objects and determine if they are, in fact, from the missing Boeing 777. The discovery comes hours after the search area was shifted about 700 miles north on Friday due to a "credible lead." Radar analysis showed that the plane was traveling faster than previously thought, thus using more fuel. Earlier this week, satellites from Japan and Thailand delivered images of hundreds of objects that could be a possible debris field in the southern Indian Ocean. Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says "this new search area could still be consistent with the potential objects identified by various satellite images." The new search area is 80% smaller than the old one — 123,167 square miles — and it's about 1,150 miles from Perth, Australia. This part of the … [Read more...] about Military Aircraft Finds New Objects in Missing Plane Search