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Example sentences for: earthquake

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Turkish earthquake follow-ups make the front-page of the Post and the LAT ; the rest of papers carry the story inside.
Originally constructed in the 15th century, but rebuilt after an earthquake in 1748 and expanded in the 19th century, this is Funchal’s finest quinta (estate villa) open to the public.
The New York Times fronts that, but leads instead with the tremendous earthquake (magnitude 7.6) that hit Taiwan early today, killing thousands, and trapping perhaps just as many in toppled-over and collapsed buildings.
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit told the Post that northwestern cities have industrialized and expanded over the past few decades, despite a string of predictions that an earthquake would hit.
A prized possession is the Lisbon Panorama, a 36 m- (118 ft-) long tile composition of Lisbon’s riverside as it looked before the 1755 earthquake.