* 1953 – The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7. 3 on the Richter scale.

After two previous failures, voters in the city passed a ballot measure in 2000 authorizing a bond measure for construction of a new library to replace the city's Carnegie library, damaged during the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Invading barbarian invasions burned the Temple, which had been severely damaged by an earthquake in 83 BC.

The opportunity to relocate the village occurred when it was substantially damaged by an earthquake, with villagers offered a completely new village in exchange for the old site.

* 557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.

During his presidency, an earthquake near Ambato severely damaged the city and surrounding areas and killed approximately 8, 000 people.

* 447 – The Walls of Constantinople are severely damaged by an earthquake, destroying large parts of the wall, including 57 towers.

Furthermore, Justinian restored cities damaged by earthquake or war and built a new city near his place of birth called Justiniana Prima, which was intended to replace Thessalonica as the political and religious center of the Illyricum.

The town was substantially damaged by an earthquake in 1881, and only partially retains its original character.

It was further damaged during the 1881 earthquake.

The lighthouse was badly damaged in the earthquake of 956, then again in 1303 and 1323.

While inspecting the earthquake damage during a 28 April 2009 visit to the Aquila, Pope Benedict XVI visited Celestine's remains in the badly damaged Santa Maria di Collemaggio and left the woolen pallium he wore during his papal inauguration in April 2005 on his glass casket as a gift.

In 1475 the Bolognese architect Aristotele Fioravanti came to rebuild the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin, damaged in an earthquake.

The university struggled financially after the senior Stanford's 1893 death and after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

The Tsiranavor Surb Hovhannes Church of Avan ( 595 – 602 ) of Avan district which was partly damaged in the 1679 earthquake, is the city's oldest surviving church.

* Pompeii the city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, is heavily damaged by a strong earthquake.

* Little Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, damaged in an earthquake.

In 1783 a disastrous earthquake damaged Reggio, all southern Calabria and Messina.

The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami damaged a number of undersea cables that make landings in Japan, including:

* Petra, capital of the Nabataeans, is damaged by an earthquake.

The fishery and tourist infrastructure was severely damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

* January 27 – The Walls of Constantinople mungers severely damaged by an earthquake, destroying large parts of the wall, including 57 towers.

It was badly damaged in the 1948 earthquake and finally demolished in 1963.

In 1917, an earthquake damaged the capital during the Carlos Melendez presidency.

Severe damage was inflicted on the Colosseum by the great earthquake in 1349, causing the outer south side, lying on a less stable alluvional terrain, to collapse.

Another earthquake struck on January 22, 1349, killing about 800 people.

One might take this as implying that Sheol is literally underground, although it is as easily read literally, as signifying an earthquake or split in the earth.

The Marina District of San Francisco, hard hit by the 1989 earthquake, was built on fill that had been placed there for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ( 1915 ), although liquefaction did not occur on a large scale.

From this period onward, the city experienced rapid growth and industrialisation, although this was severely disrupted by a major earthquake on October 6, 1948.

An estimated 7. 3 on the Richter scale, the earthquake killed 110-176, 000 ( 2 / 3 of the population of the city ), although the official number announced by Soviet news was only 40, 000.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3. 8 followed six months later, although this did not cause any damage.

* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: About were ruptured ( although the rupture did not reach the surface ) near Santa Cruz, California, causing 63 deaths and moderate damage in certain vulnerable locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In the 1929 Murchison earthquake, the main building of the College was once again severely damaged, although only two boys were injured.

In Vermont, the day before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that damaged Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the NRC approved a 20-year extension for the license of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, although the Vermont state legislature voted overwhelmingly to deny an extension.

( The date of this earthquake is given as either 1932 or 1937, although it is possible these were two distinct quakes.

The original church was built towards the middle of the 17th century and was destroyed by an earthquake in 1787, construction of a new one began soon after, although it was not completed until 1846.

12 ), they were hit hard by an earthquake there on 9 September 1954, although initial reports that most of them had been killed did turn out to be unfounded ( Potlatch no.

The area identified by Whitcomb was quite large, and overlapped the area of the Palmdale Bulge, an apparent uplift ( later discounted ), which was causing some concern as a possible precusor of large earthquake on the San Andreas fault. Both the uplift and the changes in seismic velocities were predicted by the then current dilatancy theory, although Whitcomb emphasized his " hypothesis test " was based solely on the seismic velocities, and that he regarded that theory unproven.

They are not expected to have any problems structurally during an earthquake, although they may sway noticeably.

The uprising coincident with the earthquake of 464 BC is soundly attested to, although Greek historians do not agree on the interpretation of this event.

The city was affected by the tsunami caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, although damage to its fishing industry turned out to be light.

The area prospered as a fishing port, and due to its location on the Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto, although the town itself suffered considerable damage due to a tsunami in the 1707 Hōei earthquake.

The prime minister was the favorite of the king, but the aristocracy despised him as an upstart son of a country squire ( although Prime Minister Sebastião de Melo is known today as Marquis of Pombal, the title was only granted in 1770, fifteen years after the earthquake ).

The northern 130 km section opened on 12 March 2011, although opening ceremonies were canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

It was short of funds, Spanish Regency set up a blockade ( although it was easily bypassed by British and American merchant ships ), and on 26 March 1812, a devastating earthquake hit republican areas.

Iquitos is located in Region 3 of Systematic Regionalization Map of Peru, which means that the city has a low coefficient seismic value, although the 2011 Peru earthquake, which occurred southeast of Contamana, was felt in the city as a small and unexpected jolt.

The earthquake, although, moderately strong-reported caused heavy damage and killed 20 people.

In 2011, although many other music groups and soloists ( classical, jazz and pop groups ), including the Metropolitan Opera, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber, Collegium Vocale Ghent cancelled their planned concerts in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami.

This earthquake, known as the 2010 Central Canada earthquake, although it did cause some power outages and minor damage to older buildings, did not cause significant damage because buildings in the area are required to be earthquake resistant by government regulations.