11.   It was also sent to Mexico City and Armenia following deadly earthquakes there.

12.   It was expected to rise because coastal villages struck by a small tsunami tidal wave that followed the earthquake had not yet reported due to communications problems.

13.   Numerous ancient texts speak of the importance of the region and the cities, before they were covered over by the sea, probably following an earthquake.

14.   Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday telephoned Emperor Akihito of Japan to reinforce her message of sympathy following the earthquake.

15.   Such tsunamis generally dissipate more quickly than those that follow earthquakes.

16.   The earthquake was followed by three more aftershocks.

17.   The hospital also became an information center in the chaos following the earthquake as parents and relatives searched for loved ones.

18.   Twenty aftershocks were recorded Thursday in Lebanon following an earthquake that struck the eastern Mediterranean the day before, seismological officials said.

19.   Ukrainian and U.S. military officials insist Sea Breeze is a purely peaceful exercise in which forces will practice a disaster-relief operation following an earthquake.

20.   Videophone transmissions following the earthquake in India came six days before conventional cameras, he said.