Two Chinese walk past an ox statue during a snowfall in the costal city of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 18, 2009. Rain and snowfall have helped ease a severe drought in northern and eastern China. [Lv Wenzheng/Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Two Chinese walk past an ox statue during a snowfall in the costal city of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 18, 2009. Rain and snowfall have helped ease a severe drought in northern and eastern China. [Lv Wenzheng/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090219/000cf1a48b7f0b06fe5c0f.jpg "Two Chinese walk past an ox statue during a snowfall in the costal city of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 18, 2009. Rain and snowfall have helped ease a severe drought in northern and eastern China. [Lv Wenzheng/Xinhua]")
