More than one thousand people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia at the end of September.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

"What we acquire first is seismic data, and we start acquiring this within about ten seconds of an earthquake.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

Some scientists say the earthquake that caused the great tsunami of two thousand four measured nine points in intensity.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

The men at the camp would run out of the buildings where they slept, thinking it was an earthquake.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

But most food comes from imports. Before the earthquake, the Haitian government and private groups were working to improve agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko also said America has a strong program in place to deal with earthquake threats.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

Now,he says,people must not permit Haiti's poorest citizens to return to the terrible conditions that existed even before the earthquake.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

The group says less time passes for an earthquake shock wave to reach a measuring instrument than in the past.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Even victims who were not seriously hurt in the earthquake January twelfth are in need of the most basic supplies.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Kathleen Sebelius says the United States had medical teams in Haiti well before the earthquake and will have them there well after.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The summit was moved from an island to the area in central Italy where a powerful earthquake struck just three months ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

In two thousand five, almost one thousand people were killed in an earthquake near the island of Nias.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

All that and more is urgently needed after a powerful earthquake wrecked much of Haiti's capital on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says it has delivered tools and seeds to thousands of families in the earthquake area.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

After the earthquake, President Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W.Bush to raise money for Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The Obama administration now faces the earthquake relief effort in Haiti and the threat of terrorism at home.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to remember the hour when the earthquake struck.

VOA: special.2011.03.19

In the United States, many people are also giving their time and energy to collect money and goods for the earthquake victims.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

However,scientists say a slow earthquake could be helping to release pressure, and possibly preventing more powerful quakes.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

The last three finalists each had fifty minutes to create a tall structure to hold an egg even when shaken with earthquake force.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

Investigators blamed the destruction on the poor quality of many buildings and a lack of earthquake-resistant structures.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

"You are feeling hopeless. If I was in Haiti when that happened, when the earthquake happened, I could go and help somebody that's injured.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

A tsunami formed near the place where the earthquake began and traveled outward in all directions.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Joruji Shinozaki wrote on the VOA Learning English page on Facebook: Friday's earthquake was a nightmare.

VOA: special.2011.03.12

On February eleventh, GITEWS reported a seven point three earthquake in Indonesia's Talaud Islands near Sulawesi.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since nineteen hundred.

VOA: special.2011.03.12

It supervised creation of a system for nations on the edges of the Indian Ocean after the great earthquake and tsunami of two thousand four.

VOA: special.2009.03.17