Chinese children play with snowballs after a winter snowfall in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 18, 2009. Rain and snowfall have helped ease a severe drought in northern and eastern China. [Lu Guozhong/Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Chinese children play with snowballs after a winter snowfall in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 18, 2009. Rain and snowfall have helped ease a severe drought in northern and eastern China. [Lu Guozhong/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090219/000cf1a48b7f0b06fe8c10.jpg "Chinese children play with snowballs after a winter snowfall in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 18, 2009. Rain and snowfall have helped ease a severe drought in northern and eastern China. [Lu Guozhong/Xinhua]")
