Examples of temblor in a Sentence
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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The authorities closed schools and deployed emergency services to the region, and experts scrambled to interpret the tremors, which peaked with a 5.3-magnitude temblor on Feb. 10.
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Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Many of Mandalay's 1.5 million residents were forced to spend the night on the streets—some left homeless by the temblor, while others feared that ongoing aftershocks could collapse already weakened structures.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
As the temblor shook Bangkok, people across the capital fled high-rise buildings.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Over the past five years, there have been 29 quakes with magnitudes of 3 or above within 120 miles of the epicenter of Tuesday’s temblor, according to local earthquake bureau data.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Many of Mandalay's 1.5 million residents were forced to spend the night on the streets—some left homeless by the temblor, while others feared that ongoing aftershocks could collapse already weakened structures.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
As the temblor shook Bangkok, people across the capital fled high-rise buildings.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Over the past five years, there have been 29 quakes with magnitudes of 3 or above within 120 miles of the epicenter of Tuesday’s temblor, according to local earthquake bureau data.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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