as in quake
a shaking of the earth
smaller tremors continued for days after the major earthquake
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Recent Examples of tremor
The fifth-strongest earthquake ever recorded, a 9.0 tremor, also hit the Kamchatka region in 1952.
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Jackson Peck, NBC news, 30 July 2025
The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
The rare tristate tremor was recorded on April 5, 2024, and felt by approximately 42 million people in the region — an unfamiliar sensation for New Yorkers.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
The tremor struck just over a mile southwest of Hillsdale, New Jersey, at about 12:11 p.m. ET, and had a depth of about seven miles, according to USGS.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jackson Peck, NBC news, 30 July 2025
The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
The rare tristate tremor was recorded on April 5, 2024, and felt by approximately 42 million people in the region — an unfamiliar sensation for New Yorkers.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
The tremor struck just over a mile southwest of Hillsdale, New Jersey, at about 12:11 p.m. ET, and had a depth of about seven miles, according to USGS.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremor
Noun
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In 2010, a magnitude 7.2 quake near Mexicali caused stronger shaking and structural impacts in the Imperial Valley.—
Janiele Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
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The quake was recorded just before 8 p.m. local time, the BBC and Reuters reported.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
11 Aug. 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,
19 Aug. 2025
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But after the earthquake of Trump’s economic regime change, the terrain has become much rougher.—
Adam S. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Tremor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremor. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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