Besides experiencing the powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami, Fukushima Prefecture also witnessed Japan's worst nuclear accident as a result of the disaster.

This was the third major earthquake to hit Western Hispaniola following the 1751 and 1770 Port au Prince earthquakes, and the last until the devastating earthquake of 2010.

Compounding Armenia's problems was a devastating earthquake in 1988 with a moment magnitude of 7.2.

Soon after the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, a public affairs team was deployed with our sizable military forces in the disaster area.

First, the economic damage from Japan s three calamities (a horrifying earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and a nuclear crisis) may well be double that of Kobe.

Iran especially after the devastating earthquake in Bam is fully aware of the fundamental need to enhance disaster management capacities at the local and community levels.

What needs to be avoided is a failure such as occurred in Haiti following its devastating earthquake to move from the first stage to the second.

The President I begin this morning by expressing our solidarity with the people of Pakistan and of its neighbours India and Afghanistan who have been tragically affected by a devastating earthquake this weekend.

By December 2004, a year after the devastating earthquake in Bam, Islamic Republic of Iran, only 11 per cent of pledged funds had been disbursed.

The country is still recuperating from the devastating earthquake in April that killed more than 9,000 people and left more than 23,000 injured.

Expressing its deepest sorrow on the impact of the destructive earthquake and tsunami that hit the regions of South and Southeast Asia on 26 December 2004, particularly Indonesia, causing large scale human and material damages

At the same time, Japan s trifecta of calamities the massive earthquake, devastating tsunami, and paralyzing nuclear disaster have gutted consumer confidence and disrupted cross border production chains (especially in technology and car factories).

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.

Japan s Coming Political Earthquake

The rejection of the road of peace is further proof of the destructive Armenian position.

My Government is aware of the destructive nature of small arms and light weapons on the stability of regions and countries.

A critical factor is large scale, non destructive creation.

When she runs on the bombed out track of Coni Stadium, she gets flashbacks to Beijing.

The earthquake killed up to 200,000 people.

The quake itself killed perhaps 100,000 people.

Several earthquake victims have died this week due to cold.

The powerful earthquake caused soil liquefaction in the region.

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

The long wars combined with a murrain of cattle in 1842 and a destructive Nile flood.

I still cannot find a suitable definition for that destructive event, and I think I never will.

The current crippling impact of continually rising energy costs on our fragile economies is a current case in point.

Local and regional response teams will always be the first line of defence against the destructive impact of natural disasters.

This was the second major earthquake to hit Saint Domingue as it followed the 1751 Port au Prince earthquake which had left only a single stone built building standing in the town.

Chinese government official sources state a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, though some sources listed it as high as 8.2.

The earthquake gave Wen an unexpected second opportunity.

Haiti was in dire straits even before the earthquake struck.

The building collapsed during the earthquake, and hundreds of residents were buried in the ruins.

After the earthquake only soldiers lived in the citadel.

It was the largest event in the area since the 1932 Ierissos earthquake.

It was the worst ever disaster in the region's history.

The consequences of the earthquake and tsunami are disastrous for the populations and the economies of the countries affected.

The aftermath of the earthquake is thus a potential watershed.

And Japan is already slipping back into recession because of the earthquake.

And in another post, which clearly demonstrates his compassion for the earthquake victims, he wrote

Below is a local TV footage of the major earthquake damage

The 1923 Tokyo earthquake killed over 140,000 people.

For a start, the French parliament must be given a greater role and government ministers must drop their habit of blaming Brussels whenever they want to introduce unpopular economic or social reforms.

Our fate now depends on whether we cooperate or fall victim to self defeating greed.

In the Great Depression, one of the big surprises was the devastating abruptness with which markets turned on the US.