Strong Aftershock Jolts Yingxiu Town in Wenchuan Again -- Beijing Review

Rocks rolled down from the hills and some dilapidated houses, inflicted by the Monday's devastating earthquake, collapsed completely, Xinhua reporter said.

As of 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, 18 aftershocks above 5 on the Richter scale had been monitored since the devastating earthquake on Monday in southwest China's Wenchuan County, China Seismological Bureau said Wednesday.

The biggest aftershock reported so far was magnitude-6.1, which rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province at around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday.

(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2008)

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