To make the situation even worse, a violent earthquake buried the city beneath rubble.

In July 1997, a violent earthquake struck the city and most of the state.

Ever since then, it had survived every natural disaster, including violent earthquakes and the great fire of 1923.

At last there was a still more violent earthquake, and a huge gap appeared in the side of the Mountains.

The eruption began on 29 June, and five violent earthquakes shook the area.

In 1854 a violent earthquake ruined the abbey even more, but also caused something of a new beginning.

We were all hurled to the ground by the most violent earthquake I've ever been through.

However violent the earthquake was, it alone does not explain the extent of the damage.

The city lies close to a fault line and thus prone to violent earthquakes.

The second building was wrecked by the violent earthquake of March 10, 1933.