Earthquake occurrence

地震───earthquake;发生───happen

An earthquake sometimes causes great damage.───地震有时造成重大损失.

I heard that Los was hit by a severe earthquake yesterday morning.───我听说洛杉矶昨天早晨遭到了一次强地震的袭击.

The earthquake wiped out the whole town.───那次地震毁掉了整个城镇.

Numerous houses collapsed as a result of the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976.───在1976年,无数的房屋因唐山地震而倒坍.

The houses were destroyed by a fire [ a flood, an earthquake ].───房屋被火灾 [ 水灾, 地震 ] 所毁.

Thousands of earthquake victims are still waiting to be rehoused.───数千名地震灾民仍在等待安排新住处。

A violent earthquake occurred there.───那里发生了强烈地震.

There came an explosion, not so much a bang as a shaking like an earthquake.───发生了一次爆炸，没听到一声轰然巨响，倒像是地震那样地面猛晃了晃。

We had an awful earthquake last week.

Weren't you wakened by the earthquake last night?

The earthquake highlighted the vulnerability of elevated highways.

The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.

The earthquake caused minor structural damage.