21.   Authorities advised people to remain indoors with windows shut if they have respiratory problems such as asthma or feel eye and throat irritation.

22.   Authorities advised residents to stay out of houses that had been damaged, in case of another strong quake.

23.   Authorities have advised businesses to shut for a week and inner city residents to move out of the neighborhood.

24.   Authorities have advised residents not to drink water or eat fish from the river or bathe in it because of the contamination.

25.   Authorities were advising merchants to shutter their shops and motorists not to park their cars along march routes.

26.   Authorities advised people in coastal areas to keep away from waterfronts and beaches, where many had gone Tuesday because of a national holiday.

27.   Authorities have advised parents to ensure that their children wash frequently and to avoid taking them out in public.

28.   Authorities advised people in coastal areas away from waterfronts and beaches.

29.   Authorities advised residents to stay out of houses that had suffered any damages, in case of another strong quake.

30.   Authorities advised rice farmers as early as Tuesday to harvest their crops to minimize expected losses.