An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005.(2005年10月8日，克什米尔地区发生地震。)
A violent earthquake occurred there.(那里发生了强烈地震。)
A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.(地震引发的海啸袭击了海岸，造成了灾难性的损失。)
The earthquake registered 3 on the Richter scale.(地震震级为里氏3级。)
He was buried alive in the earthquake.(地震把他活埋了。)
A repeat of the 1906 earthquake could kill up to 11 000 people.(如果再次发生1906年的地震，可能会有多达11000人死亡。)
We arrived to find the staff cleaning up some breakages, and they asked us where we had been when the earthquake hit.(我们到达时发现工作人员正在清理一些破碎物品，他们问地震时我们在哪里。)
Few of the town's fine buildings pre-date the earthquake of 1755.(该城的精美建筑很少是1755年大地震前建成的。)
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.(昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。)
The town was rocked by an earthquake.(小镇受到地震的剧烈震动。)
