Earthquake in China struck in 2 stages

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A resident stands in front of a residential building that was collapsed by a massive earthquake in Mianzhu in southwest Chinas Sichuan province on Wednesday May 14 2008 two days after the magnitude-7.9 quake. His wife was still buried under the debri ...
A resident stands in front of a residential building that was collapsed by a massive earthquake in Mianzhu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Wednesday May 14, 2008, two days after the magnitude-7.9 quake. His wife was still buried under the debris, said Kyodo News, which distributed this photo. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

(AP) -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday.


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