Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
In any English sentence, there can be up to five types of sentence element. Although the bare minimum needed is 3, to complete a meaningful sentence, but then in total there are 5. The five elements of sentences are
1 subject
2 verb
3 object
4 predicative (also called complement)
5 adverbial (also called adjunct)
In the sentence we have in the question, there are 3 elements
Subject
Verb
Object
With the subject being "the earthquake"
The verb being "destroyed" and
The object being "the town"
I hope you understand.