Galetzka et al. (2015) reported that the Gorkha earthquake was modest over a short period and large over a long period.
Joseph Charles* – a father of three girls, two of them 12-year-old twins – is a rice farmer from Leogane who made a modest living until the earthquake left his family without shelter or an income.
There were no immediate reports of any injuries or significant damage, and Mr. Bellini said an earthquake of such modest size does not cause damage.
5 17 p.m. | Updated It's great to see the widespread coverage of the eastern earthquake, despite its modest strength (although I'm not sure some of the underwhelming video coverage was worthwhile).
The quake that struck the central California coast was felt in Los Angeles and San Francisco and measured 6.5, but the damage and casualties were modest compared with the 1994 earthquake in the Northridge area of Los Angeles, much less the devastation in Iran.
Residents have been fighting for years with California power companies over the earthquakes, occasionally winning modest financial compensation.
The potential for a modest school to survive a powerful earthquake is perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in Balakot, Pakistan, one of hundreds of communities near the border with India shattered by a devastating tectonic jolt on Oct. 8, 2005.
The quake, which prompted a warning — later canceled — of a modest tsunami, came a day after a 6.9 earthquake was reported in the same area.
Earthquakes are an ongoing part of Chile's history, and though Viña suffered modest damage from the February 2010 quake, it is still overcoming perceptions of greater devastation, said Arturo Grez, the city's tourism director.
Over the last few weeks, foreign analysts have implied that the earthquake may have undermined even these modest democratic gains.
