Haiti was in dire straits even before the earthquake struck.

The following day, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in Livermore.

In 1833, the region was hit with an earthquake, possibly similar in size to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake another large earthquake struck in 1797.

Earthquake and tsunami In 1755, the earthquake struck on the morning of 1 November, the holiday of All Saints' Day.

Suddenly , an earthquake struck them and left them motionless in their homes .

Suddenly , an earthquake struck them and left them motionless in their homes .

The October 2010 Sumatra earthquake also struck of its southwest coast, causing a tsunami.

The world was shocked by the undersea earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean region.

Miu tells her experience during the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck north eastern Japan yesterday.

MELBOURNE All over the world, people have responded generously to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck inside the park on June 30, 1975, but damage was minimal.

On 26 December 2004, a massive (9.0 on Richter scale) undersea earthquake struck in the Andaman Sea.

Earthquake At 16 22 IRDT (11 52 UTC) on April 9, 2013, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck the southwestern coast of Iran, in Bushehr Province.

At the moment, an earthquake struck. In the Dominican Republic, it was nothing more than a great scare.

Haiti earthquake fund raising As soon as Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, Babatunde Fashola launched an appeal to raise up to one million US dollars.

On 14 April 2010, an earthquake struck the prefecture, registering a magnitude of 6.9 (USGS, EMSC) or 7.1 (Xinhua).

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5 12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18.

More than half a month before the earthquake struck, Wang Chengmin (汪成民) of the State Seismological Bureau (SSB) Analysis and Prediction Department had already concluded that the Tangshan region would be struck by a significant earthquake between July 22, 1976 and August 5, 1976.

Haiti s economy worked badly in the past, and was still reeling from four hurricanes in 2008 when the earthquake struck.

A severe magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in Tarlay, Tachileik Township, the eastern part of Shan State, on 24 March 2011.

Natural disasters also affected children, as witnessed by the tsunami disaster and the Bam earthquake, which had struck one year ago.

TOKYO The scale of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March was far greater than even the authorities worst scenarios foresaw.

On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2 46 23 p.m. local time, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, the largest in recorded history.

On 20 March, 2012, an earthquake struck off the coast of Acapulco in Mexico, reportedly between 7.6 and 7.8 on the Richter scale.

However, in neighboring Haiti, where the epicenter was located, the situation was total disaster as the earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan on February 6, just ahead of the Lunar Chinese New Year, the most important festival among Chinese.

In 1927 another earthquake struck in the same area, this time at Xining measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale, it also resulted in 200,000 deaths.

On 22 February 2005, an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the Zarand district in Kerman province of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Chairperson expressed the Commission's deep sympathy with the Islamic Republic of Iran in connection with the earthquake that had struck the country that morning.

The earthquake of 26 December 2004 took place precisely on the first anniversary of an earthquake that struck the city of Bam in my country and therefore brought back the painful memory of the great human losses caused by that catastrophe.

On 26 December 2004 a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, followed by numerous and often severe aftershocks.

We seem to accept that to be struck by an earthquake, a tidal wave, or a hurricane is just bad luck (unless, as the American evangelist Pat Robertson suggested after the Haitian earthquake, your ancestors made a pact with the devil in order to free themselves from colonial rule).

Mr. Tesch (Australia) Let me begin by reiterating the Australian Government's deepest condolences to all those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis that struck the Indian Ocean region on 26 December.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan is, of course, a highly exceptional event an event so rare that its probability cannot be well assessed with models based on limited historic data.

The last major earthquake was the 1990 Luzon earthquake.

1556 The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.

In the immediate aftermath of the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan, the Chinese Government provided emergency humanitarian assistance totalling 6.2 million in cash and kind and dispatched search and rescue teams to the disaster areas.

The earthquake

During the past year, the world has witnessed natural disasters of unprecedented scope and magnitude, from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in late December 2004 to the disastrous earthquake that struck South Asia in early October.

Earthquake and tsunami activity has been high since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Israel s Political Earthquake

The Hamas Earthquake

Earthquake response exercises

The Caribbean blogosphere is busy tonight, discussing very sad news an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Haiti, causing major damage and loss of life in the already besieged island nation.

Then, as Chinese were wondering why 2008, a year of supposed good fortune marked by the lucky number eight, had started with so much misfortune, a deadly earthquake struck Sichuan province, killing 80,000 people and leaving millions homeless.