11.   Government seismologists predicted aftershocks would hit the region but there would be no major quake, Xinhua said.

12.   More than a thousand aftershocks have hit the area in the last two weeks.

13.   More than two dozen aftershocks hit throughout the afternoon.

14.   New aftershocks hit this medieval village four days after a strong earthquake extensively damaged its stone houses and left hundreds of people without homes.

15.   Two small aftershocks hit Armenia on Tuesday afternoon, causing little damage but sending panicked residents running into the rubble-littered streets.

16.   Fifteen aftershocks have hit Cyprus since the earthquake that killed two people late Thursday, a seismology official said Sunday.