21.   Such ruptures, American scientists say, help explain why the Kobe quake was so devastating.

22.   Still, for some, the quake was just another event in a town full of events.

23.   That could be unsettling to researchers and policy-makers in the Northwest, where severe shallow quakes also are rare.

24.   That quake was second to Hurricane Andrew as the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history.

25.   The American researchers hope measurements of ground motion in Turkey will help them pinpoint where the next California quakes are most likely to occur.

26.   The Mexico quake was a natural disaster.

27.   The Kobe quake was not particularly large by world or historical standards, Koyanagi added.

28.   The quake is most likely to hit the northern segment of the Hayward Fault, the researchers said.

29.   The quake was probably easiest to feel on the upper floors of buildings, which sway the most during a shake, said Jim Savage of the USGS.

30.   The quake was second among American disasters, only to Hurricane Andrew, in dollar-damage.