1. Coffee prices in new York rose to a three-month high today on speculation that the earthquake might damage crops. 2. Residents have only begun to inspect cemeteries, where the earthquake likely damaged or cracked grave markers across the region, Thatcher said. 3. An earthquake damaged buildings and cut water and electricity to a gold mining town Friday. 4. An earthquake damaged buildings and cut water and electricity to a gold mining town Friday, trapping miners in shafts when their elevators ceased to function. 5. An earthquake slightly damaged a major Buddhist shrine and tourist attraction in northern Thailand, Radio Thailand reported Thursday. 6. Damaged by earthquakes and buried under ash from nearby volcanoes long ago, it was rebuilt and restored this century. 7. Far from home and in some cases unable to reach relatives because the earthquake damaged telephone lines, Turkish immigrants looked to the Internet for information and help. 8. Many structures in the impoverished Central Asian region are made from clay brick, which is easily damaged by earthquakes. 9. New aftershocks hit this medieval village four days after a strong earthquake extensively damaged its stone houses and left hundreds of people without homes. 10. Residents of this medieval town on the Adriatic coast spent the night outside after a strong earthquake damaged their stone houses and filled the streets with rubble. |