1.   Although the quake was centered north of Napa, that city, which sits on softer soil and is more densely populated, suffered the most damage.

2.   Business leaders say a third of that growth has occurred in the San Fernando Valley, where the quake was centered.

3.   Supporters of the legislation said insurance companies were too overexposed to begin writing new homeowner policies, especially in the San Fernando Valley, where the quake was centered.

4.   The earlier quakes were centered much farther from major cities, and both personal injuries and property damage were much lower.

5.   The quake was centered beneath Awaji Island, between the major Japanese islands of Honshu and Shikoku.

6.   The quake was centered under the island of Awaji in the Inland Sea, according to the Central Meteorological Agency.

7.   Pakistani seismologists were uncertain where the quake was centered.

8.   Antara quoted Tanto, an officer at the local meteorology and geophysics agency, as saying that the quake was centered in Tomini Bay, northeast of Palu.

9.   Both quakes were centered in the sparsely populated, remote Amazon rain forest.

10.   But one injury was reported in Niigata prefecture, where the quake was centered.