A moderate aftershock jolted Lixian County in southwestern Sichuan Province at around 1:25?PM on Friday, according to the China Seismological Bureau on Friday.

The quake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, was the latest earthquake monitored following more than 20 quakes above magnitude 5 rocked the hardest-hit area in Sichuan.

(Xinhua News Agency May 16, 2008)