An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
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![Children of Xiuwen County in Guizhou Province play in the shade of four 10-meter-high maple trees, on 19 April 2009. The trees all grew from a single, horizontal root. [Xinhua photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090420/001109b42f730b566ee061.jpg "Children of Xiuwen County in Guizhou Province play in the shade of four 10-meter-high maple trees, on 19 April 2009. The trees all grew from a single, horizontal root. [Xinhua photo]")
