as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Officials worry that a huge temblor would cut off Southern California from vital utilities and communications for days, if not weeks.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
Who said what Researchers said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzing the speed of the recorded Martian temblors pointed to underground water, likely the subterranean remnants of lakes, rivers and oceans that covered the Martian surface 3 millions years ago.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
Less than a week later, a 4.2 temblor rippled out from the San Bernardino area.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
The temblor, initially measured at magnitude 5.1, struck at 7:49 p.m. at a depth of about 5 miles below the surface, around 21 miles west-southwest of Ackerly, according to the agency.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
Who said what Researchers said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzing the speed of the recorded Martian temblors pointed to underground water, likely the subterranean remnants of lakes, rivers and oceans that covered the Martian surface 3 millions years ago.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
Less than a week later, a 4.2 temblor rippled out from the San Bernardino area.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
The temblor, initially measured at magnitude 5.1, struck at 7:49 p.m. at a depth of about 5 miles below the surface, around 21 miles west-southwest of Ackerly, according to the agency.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
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Nothing has compared to that quake since then, and in that time, the population of Los Angeles County has grown from around 9 million to more than 10 million people.Stephanie Elam, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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And Ghost had two women in the business making men quake: Noma and day-one baddie Monet, played by Mary J. Blige.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
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The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, darkness, storms, and death and was widely regarded as the most powerful force of evil in Egyptian theology.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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On April 5, 2024, people across the East Coast of the United States experienced an unusual earthquake.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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In a lecture in 2012, the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson considered (opens a new tab) gravitational waves from the sun, where the violent churning of matter inside the star should constantly send out mild tremors in space-time.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Last week was a particularly active period for the volcano, with over 1,000 thousand minutes of tremors being detected each day, and huge plumes of ash being spewed out of the mountain.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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