1.   Some commentators attributed the lack of casualties to the fact that the earthquake was centered in the countryside in a relatively sparsely inhabited area.

2.   The earthquake was centered below Awaji-shima, an island in the inland sea near Kobe and Osaka, and there was no tsunami.

3.   The earthquake was centered in the Pacific Ocean just off the Chiapas coast.

4.   The earthquake was centered in western Turkey, but it seems to have shaken the entire country.

5.   There were also no immediate reports of where the earthquake might be centered or of its magnitude.

6.   While the earthquake was centered near the coast, it did not cause any tsunami wave.