1.   The earthquake caused severe damage to a number of buildings.

2.   The earthquake caused widespread chaos throughout the region.

3.   The earthquake caused widespread panic.

4.   The earthquake has caused massive damage and a great deal of human suffering.

5.   The insurance does not protect against damage caused by earthquakes.

6.   People would also like to be able to prevent the great destruction of property caused by earthquakes.

7.   An earthquake does cause you to come to attention.

8.   And the Japanese earthquake has evidently caused a number of Japanese institutions to pull in their horns as well and take money out of Asian stock markets.

9.   Another theory was that the earthquake caused large numbers of forest-dwelling rats infected with the plague bacillus to migrate to nearby villages.

10.   A decade ago, some analysts had speculated that a devastating earthquake would cause Japanese insurers and institutional investors to pull their money home to finance a rebuilding.