1.   An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning.

2.   Some devices were quite simple.

3.   And what if a big earthquake comes along and rattles her collection into rubble?

4.   But then came the earthquake, in the words of an aunt in San Francisco, that never stopped.

5.   The police say that the earthquake came at a perfect time for Watanabe.

6.   When the earthquakes came, the sliding doors rattled and shook, but the house emerged with only a few hairline cracks in the terrazzo floors.

7.   When the earthquake came, the heavy tile roof came crashing through the ceiling, into the house, destroying much of its furnishings.

8.   On Wednesday, Primera Hora newspaper reported him saying he was convinced the earthquake could still come.

9.   The latest earthquake comes as the international community tries frantically to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan after the fall of the extremist Taliban late last year.