Youths play in snow in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Majority of Shaanxi Province witnessed the first snow of this spring on Thursday. [Ding Haitao/Xinhua]
(Xinhua News Agency February 27, 2009)
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Youths play in snow in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Majority of Shaanxi Province witnessed the first snow of this spring on Thursday. [Ding Haitao/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090227/000cf1a48b7f0b11858d06.jpg "Youths play in snow in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Majority of Shaanxi Province witnessed the first snow of this spring on Thursday. [Ding Haitao/Xinhua]")
