Sentence examples for destructive quake from inspiring English sources

This section last generated a big, destructive quake in 1857, called the Fort Tejon Earthquake.

Too many times such swarms have happened without culminating in a big, destructive quake.

More than six decades have passed since the last, destructive quake.

The US Geological Survey USGSsaidaid Tuesday's earthquake was the largest aftershock to date of that destructive quake.

1935 Quetta (Pakistan) 7.5 X 20,000 The capital of Balochistan province was severely damaged in the most destructive quake to hit South Asia in the 20th century.

1935 Quetta, Pakistan 7.5 X 20,000 The capital of Balochistan province was severely damaged in the most destructive quake to hit South Asia in the 20th century.

The most destructive quakes in Africa occur in the seismic zone along the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, which stretches from Morocco all the way to Egypt.

The researchers determined that consumer GPS devices could detect earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, allowing possible warnings for people located away from the epicenter of the most destructive quakes, they report today in Science Advances.

Other destructive quakes would follow — Long Beach in 1933, Sylmar in 1971, Loma Prieta in 1989 and Northridge in 1994.

Friday's quake was the most destructive temblor in "The Last Frontier" since the Good Friday quake of March 1964.

The locations of each of the strong quakes which occurred along Mexico's Pacific coastline are shown as grey areas on the map, with the extremely destructive 1985 quake marked in green.