How to Use temblor in a Sentence

temblor

noun

• The temblor also caused a fire at the plant that led to a brief shutdown.
  — Fox News, 24 June 2020
• The temblor hit at 9:55 a.m. and was centered in the El Sereno area, just south of South Pasadena.
  — Quakebot, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
• With the danger passed, the temblor quickly spawned jokes, memes and even merch.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• The last massive temblor there was about 4,000 years ago.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2019
• The quake was followed by a string of smaller temblors.
  — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
• The temblor was felt throughout the county, the USGS said.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
• The temblor was felt across a wide swath of the region, but there were no reports of damage.
  — Quakebot, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• Then the county was hit by the first in a series of strong quakes, a magnitude 6.4 temblor in the wee hours of Dec. 20.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• The temblor was centered about 34 miles southwest of Oceanside, about a half-mile deep in the ocean floor.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
• The small temblor struck at about 9:25 p.m. just north of San Leandro.
  — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• The temblor began 9 miles beneath the earth’s surface, not far from the both the Elsinore and Aguanga faults.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
• The temblor was recorded at a depth of about 3 miles (5.5 kilometers).
  — Fox News, 18 Mar. 2018
• On Saturday, the island was hit again, by a temblor two times larger than the one in 2010.
  — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2021
• The temblor, felt widely around the Bay Area, was centered about four miles deep, 12 miles east of downtown San Jose.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Oct. 2022
• Less than a week later, a 4.2 temblor rippled out from the San Bernardino area.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
• In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a Roman-era castle crumbled as a result of the temblor.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
• It was felt as far away as Egypt and Lebanon and was followed by a 5.8-magnitude temblor.
  — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023
• When Monday’s temblor struck, Grandin didn’t expect to see any features atop the ground.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 15 Nov. 2019
• The temblor rumbled at a depth of about 5.7 miles, which is considered a shallow quake.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 9 Aug. 2020
• There is some sound science connecting Earth's temblors and the moon.
  — Author: Shannon Hall, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2018
• There is some sound science connecting Earth’s temblors and the moon.
  — Shannon Hall, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
• The agency says the island doesn't face a tsunami threat after the temblor struck around 12:44 p.m. Friday.
  — CBS News, 25 May 2018
• The temblor was recorded in the Blanco Fracture Zone at a depth of 10 kilometers.
  — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2022
• The largest of the Mount Hood quakes was a 2.1 magnitude temblor, which officials said was likely too small to be felt.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, oregonlive.com, 12 July 2019
• And nearly three decades after the temblor, this civic bet is beginning to take shape.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
• Haeussler said not much is known about that quake, but the Wednesday temblor seems to have re-ruptured the southwestern part of that area.
  — Mark Thiessen, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
• Hours after the temblor, a second, 7.5 magnitude quake hit about 60 miles away from the epicenter of the first one.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 7 Feb. 2023
• This stretching produces a series of deep fractures in the ground, and movement along one of these cracks set off the recent temblor.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2020
• The quake was believed to be the biggest in Taiwan since a temblor in 1999 caused extensive damage.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
• The notable temblor took place just before 7:30 a.m. local time.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024