21.   On Thursday, their fighting centered near Bestana, just south of Irbil.

22.   On this course...Erika will be centered near the northeastern Leeward Islands on Saturday morning.

23.   The blast was centered near an elevator vestibule.

24.   The flooding was centered near Alicante, a coastal city in southeast Spain.

25.   The midday quake was centered near the Pacific coast city of Pinotepa Nacional, the National Seismological Service reported.

26.   The quake was centered near Wilton, southwest of Sydney, said a spokesman for the seismology center, which is based at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

27.   The quake, which centered near the town of Sultandagi, knocked down old mud-brick homes as well as some recently built workshops and government buildings.

28.   The quake was centered near Mt. Iwate, a volcano where seismologists have recently recorded increasing activity.

29.   The quake was centered near Mt. Iwate, a volcano where seismologists have recently recorded increasing volcanic activity.

30.   The quakes were centered near the village of Parakar, not far from the Turkish border.