as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Recent Examples of temblor
Officials worry that a huge temblor would cut off Southern California from vital utilities and communications for days, if not weeks.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
Who said what Researchers said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzing the speed of the recorded Martian temblors pointed to underground water, likely the subterranean remnants of lakes, rivers and oceans that covered the Martian surface 3 millions years ago.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
Less than a week later, a 4.2 temblor rippled out from the San Bernardino area.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
The temblor, initially measured at magnitude 5.1, struck at 7:49 p.m. at a depth of about 5 miles below the surface, around 21 miles west-southwest of Ackerly, according to the agency.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
Who said what Researchers said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzing the speed of the recorded Martian temblors pointed to underground water, likely the subterranean remnants of lakes, rivers and oceans that covered the Martian surface 3 millions years ago.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
Less than a week later, a 4.2 temblor rippled out from the San Bernardino area.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
The temblor, initially measured at magnitude 5.1, struck at 7:49 p.m. at a depth of about 5 miles below the surface, around 21 miles west-southwest of Ackerly, according to the agency.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
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Millions of such quakes are estimated to occur each year.Enquirer staff, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2024
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But in New Jersey’s Tewksbury township—the epicenter of the magnitude 4.8 quake—residents barely felt any shaking at all.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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May’s eruption persisted through late June, and December’s eruption began on the Reykjanes Peninsula after weeks of thousands of earthquakes.Ty Roush, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Puerto Rico was then hit by devastating natural disasters, including Hurricane Maria in 2017 and a series of earthquakes in 2020, in addition to the pandemic.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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First, Earth's gravitational pull is expected to trigger tremors across the asteroid beginning about an hour before its closest approach.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is why there are actually some tremors in the Treasury market itself right now.MoneyShow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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