1.   If a major earthquake hits a large city, millions could die.

2.   The radio was blaring out the news that an earthquake had hit just minutes before.

3.   An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.

4.   And then the earthquake hit.

5.   At the end of this premiere, an earthquake hits the area, though only the Valley is hard hit.

6.   A devastating earthquake had hit the industrial region around Kobe and Osaka, causing a tragic loss of life and extensive commercial damage.

7.   A medium-to-mild earthquake hits Northern California.

8.   A new earthquake hit the Marches and Umbria regions in central Italy, already damaged by a series of seismic eruptions in the last several weeks.

9.   A powerful earthquake has just hit an urban center.

10.   Fast asleep when the earthquake hit before dawn on Tuesday morning, Pabst awoke to a loud rumble -- the sound of his house beginning to collapse around him.