A traffic policewoman works 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. [Tao Ming/Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![A traffic policewoman works 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. [Tao Ming/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090227/000cf1a48b7f0b11850103.jpg "A traffic policewoman works 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. [Tao Ming/Xinhua]")
