as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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The offshore temblor comes just three weeks after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centered in eastern San Diego County, rumbled across Southern California — shattering bottles, wine glasses and pottery but otherwise causing little damage.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
The temblor was initially reported as 6.0 magnitude before being downgraded to 5.2 magnitude, according to the USGS.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar
Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 May 2025
The temblor was initially reported as 6.0 magnitude before being downgraded to 5.2 magnitude, according to the USGS.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar
Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
Noun
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In 2023, powerful quakes killed more than 53,000 people in southeastern Turkey.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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What the quake failed to do, the violence is now doing: marginalizing Port-au-Prince.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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During an earlier monologue, Robin talks about the great earthquake that will one day level the Pacific Northwest, and at times his words sound not like a prophecy or a warning, but an oblique recollection of the emotional earthquake that devastated him.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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Ring While the United States Geological Survey stresses that factors like the distance from the earthquake, type of soil a building is built on and construction design are all key factors, damage begins to occur if an earthquake reaches somewhere between 4 or 5 magnitude.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
Noun
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As with Lionel, David’s trauma is buried deep—his post-war shell shock shown only through a barely perceptible tremor in his hands; his hopelessness only really glimpsed in one close-up.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Cristina puts her career in jeopardy to help Burke hide his hand tremor after he’s shot.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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