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
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.
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Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblors
Noun
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Regional tsunami warnings have since been cancelled, according to Reuters, but the pair of quakes left behind damage to buildings and roads.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Philippines is prone to natural disasters because of its location along the Ring of Fire, a 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) arc of seismic fault lines around the Pacific Ocean home to more than half of the world’s volcanoes, and regularly experiences powerful quakes.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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,
11 Oct. 2025
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Volcanic activity can also trigger earthquakes, especially when magma shifts beneath the surface or alters pressure in surrounding rock.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The neurodegenerative disorder, which causes tremors, affects speech and leads to motor skills, has no cure.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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While often less intense, these tremors can still pose risks—especially to areas already weakened by the main quake.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Temblors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblors. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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