Mourners gather in Beichuan, marking anniversary of 2008 earthquake A young man who lost his legs in the earthquake five years ago mourns for victims of the quake in front of a monument in Beichuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 12, 2013. Mourners gathered on Sunday in Beichuan, one of the worst hit regions in the Wenchuan Earthquake, to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly earthquake on May 12, 2008 in which more than 80,000 people were killed or missing.