August 29 Headlines

6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts NW China
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck remote Qinghai Province in northwest China at 9:52 a.m. Friday, the China Earthquake Administration said, but no casualties have been reported. A total of 128 aftershocks had been registered by 11 a.m. near the epicenter in the Da Qaidam (also known as Dachaidan) district in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi, with the strongest measuring 5.3 magnitudes that struck at 10:14, according to the Qinghai Provincial Seismological Network.


WHO Warns of Severe Form of H1N1 Virus
Doctors are reporting a severe form of H1N1 that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment, the World Health Organization said Friday. Some countries are reporting that as many as 15 percent of patients hospitalized with the new H1N1 pandemic virus need intensive care, further straining already overburdened healthcare systems, WHO said in an update on the pandemic.


At least 8 minor earthquakes shake parts of Okla.
At least eight minor earthquakes have been recorded in central and southern Oklahoma in a single day. The latest was a 2.3 magnitude quake recorded at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, about 15 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Before that, a 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 9:09 p.m. in the Oklahoma City suburb of Jones. The National Earthquake Information Center recorded all eight earthquakes.