Examples of temblor in a Sentence
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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The offshore temblor comes just three weeks after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centered in eastern San Diego County, rumbled across Southern California — shattering bottles, wine glasses and pottery but otherwise causing little damage.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
The temblor was initially reported as 6.0 magnitude before being downgraded to 5.2 magnitude, according to the USGS.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar
Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
The temblor was initially reported as 6.0 magnitude before being downgraded to 5.2 magnitude, according to the USGS.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar
Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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