21.   The blast at the military base shook the area.

22.   The area was shaken by three more moderate tremors after the initial quake, according to the Ataturk University observatory in Erzurum.

23.   The powerful explosion shook the area, setting off a burst of anti-aircraft fire.

24.   The second sharp quake shook the area -- and was felt in Rome --some nine hours after the first one.

25.   Three other explosions targeting foreigners also shook the area.

26.   Three moderate quakes shook other areas of Japan Tuesday.

27.   Tourists began canceling hotel reservations Thursday at a scenic resort in northwestern Japan as a series of moderate earthquakes shook the area, officials said.

28.   Two aftershocks shook the area Monday after five aftershocks on Sunday.

29.   He said powerful aftershocks continued to shake the area Wednesday morning.

30.   A major offshore earthquake, measuring seven on the Richter scale, shook large areas of northern Australia on Monday, a seismological official said.