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

2.   Thus, the underestimation of damage based on the experience of the earlier quakes was at least partially responsible for severe initial inadequacy of assistance to the Kobe area.

3.   A mild earthquake shook parts of Colorado on Christmas Day, hours after an earlier quake struck the high desert near Death Valley, Calif.

4.   A strong earthquake was reported Saturday on Irian Jaya in Indonesia, following an earlier quake that shook a remote eastern island.

5.   A strong earthquake was reported Saturday on Iriyan Jaya in Indonesia, following an earlier quake that shook a remote eastern island.

6.   A strong earthquake struck a mountainous stretch of southwest China Sunday where residents are still recovering from two deadly earlier quakes, a government seismologist said.

7.   But the number of casualties was not expected to be very high because earlier quakes had already destroyed most of the weaker houses in the area.

8.   Despite its greater strength, the earlier quake caused little damage.

9.   On Sunday, a mild earthquake shook parts of Colorado, hours after an earlier quake struck the high desert near Death Valley, Calif.

10.   Th earlier quakes brought down a section of vaulted ceiling, killing four people, and destroying frescoes by masters Giotto and Cimabue.