1.   But unlike the situation with most other bonds, their entire principal can be forfeited to pay insurance claims if a big hurricane or earthquake hits.

2.   It was the same day the World Series was at Candlestick Park, the same day the San Francisco earthquake hit.

3.   Late one night, an actual earthquake hit, and Ms. Rubins watched in disbelief as the concrete walls in her apartment began to undulate.

4.   Telephone service in El Salvador, a weak and unreliable system even before the earthquake hit, was completely cut off most of the weekend.

5.   That was before the earthquake hit.

6.   A downtown insurance company was open for business for the first time since the earthquake hit.

7.   A moderate earthquake hit northeast Tajikistan on Monday, in the same area hit hard by a quake last month that left hundreds homeless.

8.   Most people have not eaten since the earthquake hit.

9.   Residents of the capital fled into the streets in panic as the earthquake hit.

10.   Semiconductor stocks tumbled Wednesday, a day after an earthquake hit Taiwan, a major production center for the chips and components used in computers.