Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutsika dzazvino uno dzakakurumbira, kuratidzwa kwekudengenyeka kwenyika kunoumbwa nendangariro yemaguta makuru akaparadzwa, akadai seKobe muna 1995 kana kuti San Francisco muna 1906
. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwokufungidzira kunowanzoitika kamwe kamwe uye pasina nyevero. Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, nhau pamusoro pokudengenyeka kwepasi kazhinji kazhinji dzinovamba nenjodzi uye dzinotarisa pamigumisiro yayo yapashure chaipo, sezvakaitwa mu"Short Walk to Daylight" (1972), "The Ragged Edge" (1968) kana kuti "" (1999). Muenzaniso wakatanhamara inoverengeka yakakurumbira yaHeinrich von Kleist, "The Earthquake in Chile", iyo inorondedzera kuparadzwa kweSantiago muna 1647. Haruki Murakami muunganidzwa wenhau pfupi "Mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika" unoratidzira migumisiro yekudengenyeka kwenyika kweKobe muna 1995.