This led the government to propose reconstruction of the Armenian Atomic Power Station at Metsamor, which was closed after the 1988 earthquake because of its location in an earthquake-prone area and which had the same safety problems as reactors listed as dangerous in Bulgaria, Russia, and Slovakia.

The Georgian stone buildings in Charlestown that are visible today had to be partially rebuilt after the earthquakes, and this led to the development of a new architectural style, consisting of a wooden upper floor over a stone ground floor ; the new style resisted earthquake damage much more effectively.

The increasing need for instant connectivity for logistical and tactical disaster relief response communications, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami led to ITU actions of encouragement to countries around the world toward loosening restrictions on such communications and equipment border transit during catastrophic disasters.

We are therefore led to believe that the building was ruined, probably by an earthquake, between this period and 1402, when the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem arrived and recorded that it was in ruins.

The 2009 L ' Aquila earthquake led to a sharp economic slowdown.

In Southern California, USA, in early 2004, a group of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, led by Dr. Vladimir Keilis-Borok, predicted that a quake similar in strength to the 6. 5 magnitude San Simeon earthquake of 2003 would occur in a 12, 000 square mile ( 31, 100 km ) area of Southern California by September of that year.

" The Lacedaemonians had once raised up some helot suppliants from the temple of Poseidon at Taenarus, led them away and slain them ; for which they believe the great earthquake at Sparta to have been a retribution.

The embarrassing defeat of the Spanish forces at Anwal created a political earthquake in Spain that subsequently led to General Miguel Primo de Rivera's coup d ' état of September 13, 1923, the installation of a military dictatorship in Spain ( 1923 – 1930 ), and the eventual collapse of the Spanish Monarchy in April 1931.

Rising oil prices caused by the Arab Spring led to increased sales of the Prius in the first quarter of 2011, but the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami led to a production stoppage.

As the first earthquake studied scientifically for its effects over a large area, it led to the birth of modern seismology and earthquake engineering.

This correlated with a shallow ( 4 km deep ) earthquake swarm during the same period, which led to the evacuation of 30, 000 people due to the perceived risk of imminent eruption.

On September 16, 1923, in the chaos immediately following the Great Kantō earthquake, according to writer and activist Harumi Setouchi, Itō, Ōsugi, and his 6 year old nephew were arrested, beaten to death and thrown into an abandoned well by a squad of military police led by Lieutenant Masahiko Amakasu.

However a large earthquake at Oroville nearby was found to have been caused by the Oroville Dam at that location, which led to examination and discovery that the Auburn dam site is situated on a geologic fault.

On October 25, 2010, an earthquake in southern Sumatra led to a deadly tsunami that devastated villages in South and North Pagai.

This was a political earthquake which led to Gorbachev immediately arranging a visit to Lithuania the next month to try to bring the local party back under CPSU control – he was to fail.

Historical evidence shows that there was indeed a small earthquake on that day which led to the collapse of the wall.

He led his team to a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

It was preceded by an earthquake swarm, which led to a successful prediction of the eruption by scientists from the Russian Institute of Volcanology.

He also led in relief activities in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar and during the Munger earthquake in Bihar.

The 1994 Northridge earthquake severely damaged the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, which led the archdiocese to close the cathedral due to safety concerns.

It snapped 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and led to a tsunami that arrived in three waves, each 3 to 4 metres high, that struck the coast at about three hours after the earthquake occurred.

A strong earthquake in 1693 led to the introduction of Baroque design within the city scape.

The structure was re-striped to accommodate six lanes on October 18, 1989 in response to the temporary closing of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, and the permanent widening of the approaches was completed by July 2003.

Part of the Miles Glacier Bridge, with a " kludgy " temporary fix to make the bridge usable after 1964 Alaska earthquake | earthquake damage.

Displaced victims of the SF earthquake, in front of a temporary tent shelter.

: Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, an Assembly Hall and three Kingdom Halls in Haiti were staffed and equipped as temporary clinics and medical centers.

One of the book's most memorable passages describes Abbey's character Seldom Seen Smith, as he kneels atop the dam praying for a " pre-cision earthquake " to remove the " temporary plug " of the Colorado River.

The Shaker diarist Samuel Swan McClelland described the effects of the earthquake on the Shaker settlement at West Union ( Busro ), Indiana, where the earthquakes contributed to the temporary abandonment of the westernmost Shaker community.

The Square was also the temporary home of the Oakland Tribune from 1989 to 1996 after the newspaper was forced to abandon the landmark downtown Tribune Tower due to damage it sustained in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

The people of Ganja experienced a temporary cultural decline after an earthquake in 1139, when the city was taken by king Demetrius I of Georgia and its gates taken as trophies, and again after the Mongol invasion in 1231.

File: Miles Glacier Bridge, damage and kludge, 1984. jpg | Miles Glacier Bridge, showing earthquake damage and temporary repair, 1984

In the wake of the February 27, 2010 earthquake, Cuba set up a temporary hospital in the city with a medical brigade of 27 doctors and 9 staff.

The local morning show remained on the air but was broadcast from a temporary location and following the first earthquake this was at the Whitebait Studios in Christchurch and after the earthquake in February from a hotel in Christchurch.

* 2005 Sumatra earthquake (" Operation Flying Eagle " or OFE ): Emergency relief, medical assistance and temporary relocation of victims.

Though the school would survive the tremors of the 1906 earthquake with only moderate damage, the subsequent fires destroyed the school and church, forcing SI to find a new location near Golden Gate Park, a hastily constructed " temporary " wooden building, affectionately known as the " Shirt Factory ", which housed the school for more than 20 years, from 1906 to 1929.

Takatori Catholic Church is a temporary church building erected in Kobe after Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995.

A demo was slated for release at the Reitaisai 8 convention on March 13, 2011, however, the trial release was temporary canceled due to the Tōhoku earthquake.

This is temporary shelter for the people moved from Kandholhudhoo, one of the worst hit island of the Maldives by the tsunami of 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

This was during the Cultural Revolution, when " belief in earthquake prediction was made an element of ideological orthodoxy that distinguished the true party liners from right wing deviationists " and record keeping was disordered, making it difficult to verify details of the claim, even as to whether there was an ordered evacuation.

Kamaishi was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in which 1, 250 city residents were killed or are missing ; at least 4 of the town's 69 designated evacuation sites and three of the town's 14 schools were inundated.

The Mount Otakadoya transmitter survived the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but is 17 km from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, and was powered down when it was evacuated on March 12 ( 19: 46 JST ) due to the 20 km radius evacuation order.

The Yamakiya district is currently under mandatory evacuation ( classified as a " planned evacuation zone ") due to elevated levels of radiation following the 2011 earthquake and nuclear crisis.

An increase in seismic activity in an area has been used as a method of predicting earthquakes, most notably in the case of the 1975 Haicheng earthquake in China, where an evacuation was triggered by an increase in activity.

* 1964 — An earthquake shook the island of São Jorge in the area of Rosais and Velas, damaging 900 homes and 400 buildings, as well as causing panic on the island, leading to the evacuation of large numbers of Jorgenses to the island of Terceira and other islands.

Her missions included aiding earthquake victims in Volos Greece in 1955 ; supporting Eastern Mediterranean US coastal operations during the 1956 War between Israel and Egypt, and during the Lebanese crisis in 1958 ; participation in the Cuban Quarantine-Blockade in 1962 ; the pursuit of the hijacked Venezuelan freighter SS Anzoategui in 1963 ; coastal operations off the Dominican Republic and evacuation of American citizens during that county's revolution in 1965 ; participation in the search for the USS Scorpion in 1968 ; shadowing the Soviet Mediterranean Fleet during 1970-71, including intelligence gathering on the new Moskva class Soviet Helo-Guided Missile Cruiser-Carriers, and special operations in the Black Sea ; coastal support operations off Crete during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 ; additional Black Sea operations during her extended 1972-75 deployment ; and continuous escort and defense operations with US carrier task forces in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean.

Every 19 September, in all public buildings at Mexico City and all the nation the civil protection authorities conduct evacuation drills to evaluate the evacuation response in the case of an earthquake.

* The Great Fire that resulted from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake lead to the sea evacuation from the city on 20 April 20, 000 refugees.