91.   Several major earthquakes in Tokyo have been preceded by quakes in that region.

92.   Shaken awake by a major earthquake, Toshimi Adachi instinctively hustled her children out of bed to race for high ground.

93.   Since the Kobe disaster, officials have warned Tokyo could well be next, and have stepped up measures to mitigate the effects of a major earthquake here.

94.   Similar French teams have participated in search and rescue operations after recent major earthquakes in Mexico, Armenia, Turkey and Malaysia.

95.   Sobolev admitted Russian scholars had not expected a major earthquake in northern Sakhalin.

96.   Some researchers have received public funding to study animals, including catfish and oysters, on the belief that their behavior can indicate an impending major earthquake.

97.   Such drills are taken particularly seriously in Tokyo, where experts warn a major earthquake could occur at any time.

98.   The ability of the United States to respond to major earthquakes in its cities is hindered by an out-of-date network of seismic instruments, according to geology experts.

99.   Still, few expected another major earthquake to convulse the lower Himalayas so soon after the last one.

100.   The area, as well as many other parts of Indonesia, are prone to seismic activities because of their location on a major earthquake belt.