Sentences with phrase «initially by the earthquake»

A common misconception is that earthquake insurance covers all damages caused initially by the earthquake itself.

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In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was initially driven into shutdown by the magnitude 9.0 quake; its emergency generators then failed because they were inundated by the tsunami.

Suicides increased initially, followed by a decrease in the two years after the earthquake.

First detected by networks monitoring seismic activity in 1998, the tiny ripples were initially chalked up to the many small earthquakes that occur each day around the world.

Nancy Rubins creates her work out of a fractured environment, initially inspired by an earthquake in 1977 while the artist was living in California.

While Chileans initially responded to the 1960 earthquake there, which hit 9.5, by tightening construction codes and reinforcing concrete frames with numerous reinforced concrete walls, called shear walls, their vigilance soon wore off in the face of cost - saving.