1.   The earthquake toppled the buildings.

2.   When an earthquake toppled entire neighborhoods here in January, the most striking and impressive thing for many Americans was the almost complete lack of looting.

3.   A strong earthquake toppled houses but caused no deaths in a quake-prone county north of the Great Wall, a Chinese government seismologist reported Friday.

4.   A strong earthquake toppled walls in a town in far western China Tuesday and sent rescuers hurriedly looking for casualties, a government seismologist said.

5.   Earthquakes later toppled parts of the roof and walls.

6.   Snow and plunging temperatures added to the miseries Tuesday of the half-million people left homeless in northern China when an earthquake toppled their mud and stone homes.