The owner, known only as Ms. Wang, traveled to Qinghai province of northwest China to purchase the 18-month old dog, named Yangtze River Number Two.

The earthquake was centered near the Qinghai Province in western China.

That explains the explosive searches on "china map" and "where is qinghai province."

Consul General Hu Shan said, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, on April 14, causing serious casualties and loss of properties.

A series of quakes and aftershocks caused low, brick buildings in Qinghai Province's ethnically Tibetan Yushu county to collapse.