Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A moderate aftershock jolted Lixian County in southwestern Sichuan Province at around 1:25 p.m. 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.