In 1946,the Dominican Republic, just across the border from Haiti, experienced a magnitude eight earthquake, which triggered a tsunami.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

The earthquake had a magnitude of seven and was felt hundreds of miles away and in the Indonesian capital,Jakarta.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"With the magnitude of the challenges we face, what we need in Washington are not more political tactics,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Scientists say an earthquake of this magnitude has not hit the Caribbean region in more than 200 years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

And on Thursday, a magnitude 6.6 quake struck in the same area, alarming survivors.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

In the more than 30 tent cities hosting thousands of people made homeless by last Monday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake, priests offered communion wafers at makeshift altars.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Residents were asleep in their beds when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06