CHINA'S MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE: LAND SHIFTED 13 METERS

The Yomiuri Shimbun:

The active fault zone that caused a powerful earthquake Monday in Sichuan Province, China, is believed to have made the land to shift by as much as 13 meters, according to seismic wave analysis by Tokyo University's Earthquake Research Institute.

The largest shift occurred in a mountainous area in Wenchuan County, about 50 kilometers northeast of the epicenter, according to the institute. Strong jolts and landslides may have caused massive damage in the county, although the extent of the damage in the area is not yet known.

AWESOME.
WHAT IF ONE THAT BIG HIT SF OR LA?

Well... we're lucky our infra-structure wasn't "made in China" because part of the tragedy over there is that theirs was!