11.   A minor earth tremor shook Belgium and parts of northern France in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

12.   Scores of miners die and thousands are injured every year in earth tremors, rock falls, explosions and other accidents.

13.   Seismologists often use the amount and intensity of earth tremors in judging the severity of volcanic events.

14.   The continuing earth tremors caused by the settling of the area following the Thursday eruption were the only remaining threat.

15.   The outpouring of debris and renewed earth tremors followed a morning of relative calm.

16.   The plaintiffs cited a fault running near the plant in Rhineland Palatinate state that has been blamed for past earth tremors in the region.

17.   Two earth tremors hit the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat, the Seismological Institute reported Friday, but no injuries or damage were reported.

18.   Four small earth tremors were reported Friday on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the northern Atlantic, civil defence sources said.

19.   Hong Kong was briefly shaken Friday by earth tremors that experts in Beijing said had occurred in southern China.

20.   A minor earth tremor struck Hong Kong Thursday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, a government spokesman said.