as in quakes
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Recent Examples of temblors
There have not yet been any reports of injury or damage from the temblors.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Those temblors did not have any immediate reports of injuries but did cause BART trains to temporarily reduce their speed.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
The earthquakes occurred near neighborhoods previously affected by historic temblors.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
The team discovered that some temblors, including the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, were one-off events that were caused exclusively by movements along the northern San Andreas Fault.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Those temblors did not have any immediate reports of injuries but did cause BART trains to temporarily reduce their speed.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
The earthquakes occurred near neighborhoods previously affected by historic temblors.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
The team discovered that some temblors, including the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, were one-off events that were caused exclusively by movements along the northern San Andreas Fault.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblors
Noun
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Rapid drops in temperature like these can lead to frost quakes, ice quakes and lake quakes.—
Tammie Souza,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Frost quakes occur when the ground rapidly freezes and expands, creating a loud booming sound and sometimes minor, localized shaking.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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There's no obvious evidence that earthquakes triggered the Colombian explosion, Manga said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even a small amount, whether inhaled or absorbed through the skin, can lead to drooling, vomiting, tremors, or difficulty breathing.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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Those first tremors were their only warning.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Temblors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblors. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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