51.   The quake caused panic among residents in the region, he said.

52.   The quake caused scattered minor damage, knocking plaster off of buildings, breaking shop windows and briefly knocking out phones and power.

53.   The quake caused scattered minor damage, sending plaster off of buildings, breaking shop windows and briefly knocking out phones and power.

54.   The quake caused thousands of people to flee their homes in panic, private television NTV reported.

55.   The quakes have caused no injuries, but have toppled chimneys and cracked walls.

56.   They said it was not immediately clear how much damage the quake had caused in the city itself.

57.   Three quakes cause damage, injuries.

58.   According to initial reports, the quake caused serious structural damage and left large numbers of people homeless, officials said.

59.   But Smith said that because the area has few human inhabitants, even major quakes there would cause little damage.

60.   The seismology institute said shallow quakes cause more damage than deep ones, and that it was expecting aftershocks.