Sentence examples for damaging quake from inspiring English sources

Tehran, for instance, has been destroyed by earthquakes several times, but it was still quite small at the time of its last damaging quake, in 1830.

Latacunga lies 20 miles (32 km) southwest of the active volcano Cotopaxi and has been seriously damaged by quakes.

One in three of the central city's buildings were severely damaged in the quake and must be demolished, according to earthquake engineer Jason Ingham.

Further hampering communications, the quake damaged 80 cellphone towers.

The nearest airport was damaged in the quake but rescue flights started to arrive by afternoon.

The quake damaged Concepción more than any other major city in Chile.

A magnitude-6.8 quake damaged and temporarily closed it in 2001.

Many of the city's hotels were damaged in the quake, and the largest, the Montana, completely collapsed.

Mystil was lying on a mattress on the concrete floor of a church with a roof damaged in the quake.

The quake damaged pipes, cutting off water supplies, and though electricity was still on in some areas, shops and schools were closed, Ms. Dong said.

The airport's regular tower was heavily damaged by the quake, with cracks in its support structures, and with all of its heavy-paned glass windows blown out.