temblor

noun

tem·​blor ˈtem-blər 

ˈtem-ˌblȯr, 

tem-ˈblȯr

: earthquake

Synonyms of temblor

• quake
• earthquake
• tremor

Examples of temblor in a Sentence

a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village

Recent Examples on the Web

No one told me this area could be rife with temblor activity. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

The quakes don’t provide any hints of the exact timing or location of the next destructive temblor that will hit urban Southern California. — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake. — William B. Davis, New York Times, 9 July 2026

With thousands of people still missing, rescuers said time was quickly running out to reach anyone who survived the temblors. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, trembling, from temblar to tremble, from Medieval Latin tremulare — more at tremble

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for temblor

• assembler