The sparsely settled region of the Southern Alps shook Motion for four minutes .

The earthquake Catastrophe was measured at 7.1 on the Richter magnitude scale and the intensity of shaking in the epicentral region has been assessed Scrutiny from historical records as VIII ( `` Severe '' ) on the Modified Mercalli Scale .

By September 11 , Sarah entered Arriving a region favoring development and underwent Self_motion a period of explosive intensification .

The Chaco War ( 1932–1935 ; , ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Bolivia and Paraguay over control Control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region ( known Know in Spanish as `` Chaco Boreal '' ) of South America , which was thought Know to be rich in oil .

The fire began Process_start at about 11:00 local time on 2 December 2010 , and spread Dispersal quickly , consuming much of the Mediterranean forest covering the region .

Circassia ( Cherkessia in Russian ) refers Adducing to a region the majority of whose inhabitants before the 1860s were the Adygey ( Adyghey , Adyghe ) ethnic group , known Know to the West as Circassians .

This region consisted for the most part of the region between the westward flowing Motion Kuban River to the north and the Caucasus mountain range to the south , although the Kuban River constituted only part of the northern boundary .

This region consisted for the most part of the region between the westward flowing Motion Kuban River to the north and the Caucasus mountain range to the south , although the Kuban River constituted only part of the northern boundary .

Russia thereafter left Departing the region alone except for the Caspian coast .

The June quake Self_motion was preceded Process_start by a magnitude Catastrophe 5.9 M tremor that struck Attack the region at a slightly deeper 8.9 km ( 5.5 mi ) .

Most of the wars Hostile_encounter ended Process_end through peace accords , involving Cause_to_be_included full international recognition of new states , but with a massive human cost Cost and economic damage Damaging to the region .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Mahidpur was fought Hostile_encounter during the Third Anglo-Maratha War Military_operation between the Holkar faction of the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company at Mahidpur , a town in the Malwa region , on 21 December 1817 .

The Winnebago War Hostile_encounter , also known as the Winnebago Uprising , was a brief Telling conflict that took place Process_start in 1827 in the Upper Mississippi River region of the United States , primarily in what is now the state of Wisconsin .

Most Native Americans in the region decided Deciding against joining the uprising , and so the conflict ended Process_end after U.S. officials responded Response with a show of military force .

As a result Causation of the war , the Ho-Chunk tribe was compelled Request to cede Surrendering the lead mining region to the United States .

This agreement recognized Know the status quo as the new official border between the two countries with the exception of the region around Białystok and a minor part of Galicia east of the San River around Przemyśl , which were later returned Arriving to Poland .

The third named Name_conferral storm of the 2009–10 Australian region cyclone season , Magda originated Coming_to_be from a tropical low near the Indonesian island of Roti on 18 January .

Late on 21 January , Magda made Manufacturing landfall in the Kimberley region with winds of 130 km/h ( 80 mph ) before quickly weakening Cause_change_of_strength over land .

although the storm made Manufacturing landfall with winds of 130 km/h ( 80 mph ) , damage Damaging was limited Limiting due to the sparsely populated region it struck Attack .

The presence of a small British naval squadron in the region rendered Causation this plan impractical and additional British reinforcements under Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren and Lieutenant Colonel George Airey strengthened the defenders to the point that sallies could be made Action against French offensive positions .

The refugees initially fled Escaping to Bosnia and Herzegovina , but the majority were soon settled in the JNA-held Baranja region of eastern Croatia .

In total , 93 peacekeepers have died Death in the region , with 15 dying Death in a large-scale attack Attack by an Islamist militia , the Allied Democratic Forces , in North Kivu in December 2017 .

With British forces greatly exceeding Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale his in ammunition and training Education_teaching , the defeat Conquering finally subdued the region to central British Iraqi rule in 1924 .

Nearby states also sent Sending militias to the region .

The War in Darfur , also nicknamed Name_conferral the Land Cruiser War , is a major armed conflict Hostile_encounter in the Darfur region of Sudan that began Process_start in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement ( SLM ) and the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) rebel groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter the government of Sudan , which they accused Judgment_communication of oppressing Darfur 's non-Arab population .

The African Union and the United Nations also have a joint peacekeeping mission in the region , named Name_conferral UNAMID .

The remnants of the GIA proper were hunted Killing down over the next two years , and had practically disappeared Departing by 2002 , with the exception of a splinter group called Name_conferral the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ) , which announced Expressing_publicly its support Supporting for Al-Qaeda in October 2003 and continued fighting Hostile_encounter an insurgency that would eventually spread Dispersal to other countries in the region .

There were low-level resurgences Recovering of violence Violence in 2002 and 2014 when conflict Hostile_encounter erupted Process_start between the Peruvian Army and Guerrilla remnants in the VRAEM region .

The war led to Causation emergence of U.S. predominance in the Caribbean region , and resulted in Causation U.S. acquisition of Spain 's Pacific possessions .

Historian Jerome Green believes that the Hayfield Fight `` dramatized overall ineffectiveness of military policy in the region prior to its temporary abandonment GiveUp by the federal government . ''

The war Military_operation was sparked Process_start by a dispute Quarreling between the government and Māori landowners over the sale Commerce_sell of a property at Waitara , but spread Dispersal throughout the region .

The raid was the third of series of actions intended to eliminate Removing the threat posed to British trade routes by the Dutch squadron : at the Action of 26 July 1806 and the Action of 18 October 1806 , British frigates sent Sending on reconnaissance missions to the region succeeded in attacking Attack and capturing Conquering two Dutch frigates and a number of other vessels .

Three years later , with the French driven out of the western Indian Ocean , British forces in the region were strong enough to prepare GetReady an expeditionary force against the Dutch East Indies , which effectively ended Process_end the war in the east .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Glenda ( JTWC designation : 20S , also known as simply Cyclone Catastrophe Glenda ) of March 2006 was among the strongest tropical cyclones Catastrophe to threaten Western Australia , though it weakened Cause_change_of_strength considerably before landfall Arriving and moved Motion ashore in a lightly populated region .

Aided Assistance by favourable environmental conditions , Glenda rapidly intensified Cause_change_of_strength to reach Arriving Category 5 status on the Australian cyclone scale , and with a peak intensity of 910 mbar it was among the strongest cyclones Catastrophe on record Recording within the Australia region .

The precursor disturbance produced Causation heavy rainfall Catastrophe in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , causing Causation record Recording flooding Catastrophe and some road damage Damaging .

Operation Alfa ( ; ) was an offensive Military_operation carried out Military_operation in early October 1942 by Italian , Croatian and Chetnik forces against the communist-led Partisans in the Prozor region ( today in Bosnia and Herzegovina ) , then a part of the Croatian puppet state , the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) .

The islands also provided Supply a focus Aiming for larger scale French operations in the region and in the autumn of 1808 , following the Spanish alliance with Britain , the Admiralty decided Deciding to order Arranging a British squadron to neutralise Removing the threat , beginning Process_start with Martinique .

The capture Conquering of the island was a significant blow to French power in the region , eliminating Destroying an important naval base and denying safe harbours to French shipping Self_motion in the region .

The capture Conquering of the island was a significant blow to French power in the region , eliminating Destroying an important naval base and denying safe harbours to French shipping Self_motion in the region .

With Martinique defeated Conquering , British attention in the region turned Becoming against Guadeloupe , which was captured Conquering the following year .

upon striking south florida , the cyclone Catastrophe generated Creating hurricane-force winds over a broad swath of the region , causing widespread and severe structural damage Damaging from both wind and water .

Holland Marsh was severely flooded Catastrophe ; while no one was killed Killing , the economic losses Earnings_and_losses were severe as the region 's crops were harvested but not collected Come_together .

Blizzard conditions were reported Reporting in a relatively small area of Maryland , but near-blizzard conditions occurred Presence across much of the Mid-Atlantic region .

Additionally , this event was the second of three major Mid-Atlantic snowstorms that occurred Presence over a 12-day period ; each subsequent storm focused Aiming its heaviest snow slightly farther north : the January 30 , 2010 storm ( not recognized by NESIS ) dropped Motion_directional more than a foot of snow across Virginia and the lower Chesapeake Bay region , while the February 9–10 , 2010 North American blizzard bulls-eyed the Maryland-Pennsylvania border with as much as 38.3 inches .

Triggered Causation by record-breaking rainfall Motion , amounting Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to over 6,000 percent of the monthly mean , and respectively , in just four days , the floods Catastrophe caused Causation widespread damage Damaging in the region .

The , or Kobe earthquake Catastrophe , occurred Presence on January 17 , 1995 at 05:46:53 JST ( January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC ) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan , including the region known as Hanshin .

Prior to its final landfall , the threat that Frederic imposed Action on areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast triggered Causation a mass exodus from the region larger than any other evacuation Escaping in the past .

The Raid Attack on Lorient was a British amphibious operation in the region around the town of Lorient from 29 September to 10 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession .

Around 4500 British soldiers were embarked Self_motion , but the ships carrying Bringing them had to wait off the Lorient coast several days , allowing Preventing_or_letting the town to organise Arranging its defences Defending and call in Request reinforcements from other towns in the region .