41.   An intensity of five on the Japanese scale is large enough to cause cracks in plaster walls and concrete building.

42.   The tremblor caused cracks in mud-and-stone houses in remote northerwestern areas including Swat, Chitral and Dera Ismail Khan, but no casualties were reported.

43.   The tremor caused cracks in older buildings in the Greek towns of Konitsa and Zahorohorgia.

44.   The tremors registered five on the Japanese scale of up to seven in Kurikoma, Miyagi prefecture, an intensity that can cause cracks in walls.

45.   There have been no claims of responsibility for the explosion which damaged the school building and caused cracks in adjoining shops and homes, according to witnesses.

46.   It also caused major cracks on roads and hit railyway services, leaving thousands of people stranded as they try to return their home towns for New Year holidays.

47.   Opposition legislators on Monday blamed substandard cement for causing dangerous cracks in nuclear power plants here, after a protest erupted over a radiation leak.

48.   The earthquake caused cracks in commercial buildings and houses around the city, while some walls collapsed.

49.   The force broke windows and doors and caused cracks in some buildings in the eastern cities of Taitung and Hualien, but there were no reports of casualties.

50.   The force broke windows and doors and caused cracks in some buildings in the eastern cities of Taitung and Hualien, the Broadcasting Corporation of China said.