111.   The quake was felt strongest in the town of Matsubase and the city of Hitoyoshi, both in the prefecture, the agency said.

112.   The quake was hard enough to sound the bells inside a church steeple, she said.

113.   The quake was in the Sombrero Seismic Zone, an area extending from northeastern Puerto Rico to the north of the British Virgin island of Anegada.

114.   The quake was major news in South Korea.

115.   The quake was the second deadliest in Japan this century.

116.   The quake was the second powerful tremor to hit Mexico in a month.

117.   The quake was one of the strongest in India in recent times and the most powerful this century in this quake-prone district in the lower Himalayas.

118.   The quake was second worst to hit Japan this century.

119.   The quake was strong enough to shake houses and topple vases.

120.   The quake was the second in a month to hit Flores, one of many Indonesian islands prone to seismic upheaval.