1.   Minor earthquakes are relatively common.

2.   There was a terrifying rumbling noise and the stairs shook as though a minor earthquake had passed beneath the house.

3.   Minor earthquakes are commonplace, major traffic jams more so.

4.   Reeder thought it was a minor earthquake, which surprised him, since Oklahoma is not exactly known as earthquake country.

5.   Q. In the last few months there have been two minor earthquakes in New England.

6.   Scientists detect more minor earthquakes than ever before, it says, but only because more seismograph stations have been placed around the world.

7.   Two minor earthquakes rumbled through Los Angeles during the discussion.

8.   A minor earthquake cracked walls, set off alarm bells and knocked dishes off shelves in northeast Ohio, but no injuries were reported.

9.   A minor earthquake hit central Romania Thursday.

10.   A minor earthquake hit eastern Romania on Thursday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of casualities or damage.