As of 8:00 AM Tuesday, 18 aftershocks, including two aftershocks of 6-magnitude, had occurred following a strong quake jolted Wenchuan in southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon.

Among these aftershocks, two are 6-magnitude and 16 are 5-magnitude, according to the China Earthquake Administration in Beijing on Tuesday.

The 7.8-magnitude quake, which occurred in Wenchuan Monday afternoon, has killed 9,219 people in eight affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the ministry of civil affairs said at 7:00 AM.

(Xinhua News Agency May 13, 2008)