Even before the earthquake, the church was considered to have far more of a presence in Haiti than the government.

Before the earthquake, there was a building of a hospital and a school at the place.

The last time I heard from him was three days before the earthquake.

The human waste problem was daunting even before the earthquake.

Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000.

The company stated that the plan had been drafted before the earthquake.

"It is the same matter we discussed before the earthquake."

We entered an area that had been a square before the earthquake.

That's the level it used to be before the earthquake.

The Marines came and took us out before the earthquake started.