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Example sentences for: earthquake

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The last time it is said to not have liquified was 1980, the year of the great earthquake.
In 1356, an earthquake destroyed the original ornamental top.
In this spirit, the lead paragraph of the Journal's earthquake article merits quoting in full: "A powerful 45-second earthquake cut a swath through Turkey's industrial heartland, killing thousands of people, shutting businesses, wrecking major power lines and jolting national confidence just as the economy showed signs of leaving 1999's recession behind."
Perched on the edge of the Bairro Alto is one of Lisbon’s most evocative sights, the shell of the 14th-century Igreja do Carmo, which was packed with worshippers on All Saints’ Day, 1755, when the terrible earthquake brought the roof down.
Turkish earthquake follow-ups make the front-page of the Post and the LAT ; the rest of papers carry the story inside.