In 1157 an earthquake shattered the city.

Not even an earthquake shattered a town the way endless artillery barrages did.

What the earthquake had not shattered, the fires had consumed.

In fact, that probably saved their lives, as a powerful earthquake shattered the glacier they had ascended hours after they safely left it.

Officials here said the earthquake had shattered any hope that the area, stricken by war and drought, would be able to plant crops this spring.

An earthquake can shatter that perception instantly, and often with extreme violence.

The earthquake also shattered something far more fragile, the newly homeless said.

Six months after the earthquake shattered western Turkey, the political tremors have not subsided.

If earthquake shattered a warehouse, they were jacking it the following night.

An earthquake, or Girl weaponry, had shattered most of the buildings, and time had weathered all the sharp edges.