1.   Eight months later, when the quake came, they were caught without insurance to fix the extensive damage it caused.

2.   The fact that the two quakes came within less than a month of each other raised fears that tectonic movements beneath the soil of Greece and Turkey might continue.

3.   The quake came just days after another national tragedy.

4.   The quake came in the midst of a California heat wave.

5.   Experts believe the next big quake could come at any time.

6.   The latest quake came only hours after the Central Meteorological Agency predicted an end to spate of temblors.

7.   The quake came after three years of drought and flooding in July and August.

8.   The quake comes as part of a string of tremors around Japan.

9.   The quake came six days after another, weaker temblor in the same region.

10.   The quake came six days after another, weaker tremor hit the same region after spreading out from mountains in neighbouring Afghanistan.