More specifically, the Arab spring has led to a severe shake-up of all accepted truths about North Africa, which until now has normally been known to the world through French eyes.
Various complications, though not severe, shook both myself and, of course, the mother.
Judges find Ellie's full recovery "casts doubt on a severe shaking syndrome", following inclusion of new scientific evidence.
(That year, four children were reported suffering from severe shaking, down from the six to eight children a year from 1992 to 1997).
There were indications from the earthquake damage that the ridge, in the suburb of Pétionville, had undergone severe shaking.
Eight Haitian towns and cities suffered "violent" to "extreme" shaking, whereas Chilean urban areas did not suffer more than "severe" shaking: still horrible, but a let-off.
The earthquakes' epicentres were relatively close to the surface, at a depth of about six miles, resulting in more severe shaking and damage.
Dr. Hough said that even on the ridge, with its severe shaking, some well-built and well-anchored homes and other buildings survived the earthquake practically undamaged.
They escaped miraculously with a severe shaking up, but four of the passengers in the last carriage of the local train were injured.
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake was just six miles deep, meaning that severe shaking could have caused major damage to buildings in a wide area.
