Examples of temblor in a Sentence
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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California's continuous temblor risk coincides with a huge earthquake brewing along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Myanmar is on an active earthquake belt, but many of the temblors usually happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
There have only been about a dozen earthquakes in California that registered at or above a 7.0 since 1857, according to the state's Department of Conservation—the most recent being a 7.1 temblor that struck near Ridgecrest in July 2019.
Update 12/5/24, 3:51 p.m.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The temblor was part of a swarm of 46 mostly small earthquakes in the area since early April, USGS data indicates.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Myanmar is on an active earthquake belt, but many of the temblors usually happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
There have only been about a dozen earthquakes in California that registered at or above a 7.0 since 1857, according to the state's Department of Conservation—the most recent being a 7.1 temblor that struck near Ridgecrest in July 2019.
Update 12/5/24, 3:51 p.m.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The temblor was part of a swarm of 46 mostly small earthquakes in the area since early April, USGS data indicates.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for temblor
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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