a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
Recent Examples on the WebThe temblor story of Torrey Pines’ SJ Dohrenwend, however, is quite literal.—Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024 The temblor struck at 9:08 a.m. just north of Borrego Springs, a San Diego County desert town about 60 miles south of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, home of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, according to U.S. Geological Survey information.—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2024 That temblor took place two days before a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan killing 12 people and injuring more than 1,000 others.—USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024 Lev Nachman, who has lived in Taiwan on and off since 2012, has grown accustomed to the occasional temblor.—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Taiwan has been hit by the strongest earthquake in a quarter of a century, with shocks from the temblor leveling dozens of buildings on the eastern side of the island, injuring more than 50 people and disrupting some chip production lines.—Simmone Shah, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024 The initial earthquake was followed by at least eight smaller temblors through Saturday morning, ranging in strength from magnitude 2.5 to 3.4, according to the geological survey.—CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024 The temblor was reported about 5 miles north of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, at about 10:23 a.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 With the danger passed, the temblor quickly spawned jokes, memes and even merch.—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Spanish, literally, trembling, from temblar to tremble, from Medieval Latin tremulare — more at tremble
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