11.   Most people in the area were still living outdoors in makeshift shelters, having lost their homes to the first quake.

12.   Seismologist Moisis Kourouzides said that the numerous tremors were expected after the first quake.

13.   Spain was among the first countries to help El Salvador after its first quake, dispatching rescue teams within an hour of the disaster.

14.   The basilica, a major pilgrimage site, was heavily hit by the first quakes.

15.   The epicenter of the second tremor, which occurred minutes after the first quake, was in the same general location as the first, the bureau said.

16.   The first quake struck shortly after midnight and the last one about an hour later, it said.

17.   The first quake hit early Monday near the northern town of Ashotsk, close to the border with the fellow ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Grigorian said.

18.   The national government was bombarded with complaints of sluggishness and bureaucracy after the first quake.

19.   The warning was canceled about an hour after the first quake.

20.   There was no official word on the magnitude of the first quake, which lasted several minutes.