The devastation was of great magnitude and resulted in unprecedented loss of life and destruction.

In the December 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka had experienced a natural disaster, incurring loss of life and property of unprecedented magnitude.

On the morning of 26 December 2004, Sri Lanka and several other countries around the Indian Ocean region woke up to a natural disaster of unprecedented magnitude.

The recent unprecedented natural disasters and the magnitude of the destruction and death that they have caused in both developing and developed countries have undeniably proved two facts.

That war, unprecedented in its magnitude and cruelty, became the greatest tragedy for the nations of Europe and the rest of the world, regardless of the side on which States were fighting.

During the past year, the world has witnessed natural disasters of unprecedented scope and magnitude, from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in late December 2004 to the disastrous earthquake that struck South Asia in early October.

Absolute magnitude (H)

Absolute magnitude (H)

The Government and, indeed, the people of my country were profoundly touched by the unprecedented scale of the disaster the catastrophic loss of human life, amounting to over 170,000 persons to date, and the magnitude of displacement, devastation and dislocation.

Completely unprecedented, historically.

The (unprecedented) crash!

The (unprecedented) crash!

The tsunami followed a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

They contrived a plot of great magnitude.

They contrived a plot of great magnitude.

This unprecedented devastation needs unprecedented global response in assisting the national Governments to cope with such disaster.

The disaster, unprecedented in its nature and scale, was matched by unprecedented worldwide solidarity with the affected populations.

That's an order of magnitude, up or down.

And they contrived a plot of great magnitude,

And they contrived a plot of great magnitude,

Americans have an unprecedented opportunity.

In the aftermath of the unprecedented natural disaster that had befallen a number of countries in the Indian Ocean, the World Tourism Organization, as a specialized agency of the United Nations, responded in a manner commensurate with the magnitude of the disaster and undertook a series of emergency actions as follows

It was a 7.6 magnitude. It was fairly big.

This is unprecedented, and it's big.

Globalization has brought unprecedented economic growth.

I said then that we faced an unprecedented crisis but one that has a solution an unprecedented response from us all.

Poverty, by an order of magnitude, a huge order of magnitude, unless someone can show that there's, you know, terrorists with a nuke are really likely to come.

There are two orders of magnitude more spiders than primates.

I ask members to imagine the magnitude of the challenge.

This was an unprecedented, singular design problem.

A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.

The total financial magnitude of all activities amounted to 146.7 million.

Governments will never gravitate towards crimes of this magnitude naturally or eagerly.

Technical nutrition will be in an order of magnitude of biological nutrition.

We are facing an unprecedented number, scale of disasters.

The 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami and has destroyed thousands of homes.

The magnitude of the difficulties we face in Côte d'Ivoire is quite clear.

She considered that it was important to stress the magnitude of the problem.

Fraction of recoverable near Earth objects as a function of absolute magnitude (H)

The magnitude of the catastrophe requires a commensurate response from the global community.

But sadly, today, languages are dying at an unprecedented rate.

The level of resources requested for UNMIS was virtually unprecedented.

We believe that an unprecedented window of opportunity exists today.

Well, remember that's not even an order of magnitude, but that's a different story.

So, there's no technology in the world that can span 11 orders of magnitude.