All of you out there must have heard and did your part to contribute to the Sichuan Earthquake, which occured at 12 May 2008. About 15 million people who lived in the area were affected and around 240, 000 were killed in this earthquake. This particular earthquake was also felt as far as Beijing which is 1, 500km away and Shanghai, 1, 700km away.

Figures state that 69, 134 are pronounced dead which includes 68, 620 in the Sichuan Province as well as 374, 061 injured with 17, 681 missing. These figures proved the earthquake's formidable tremor which took innocent lives away, which we, the normal human beings could not prevent just like that. The Sichuan earthquake also destroyed the houses of 4.8 million citizens. According to PRC's China Seismological Bureau, the Great Sichuan Earthquake measured at 8.0 Ms and 8.3 Mw.

There were also three major aftershocks, which destroyed homes and buildings. One on May 25, measured 6.5 Mw hit the Qingchuan County caused 8 fatalities and a thousand injuries.

The other two happened on May 27, measuring 5.2 Mw at Qingchuan County and 5.7 Mw in Ningqiang of Shanxi Province injured 63 people and led to the destruction of more than 420, 000 homes.