temblor

n.
See earthquake.

[Spanish, a trembling, earthquake, from temblar, to shake, from Vulgar Latin *tremulāre, from Latin tremulus, shaking. See tremulous.]

(TEM-bluhr)

noun
An earthquake.

Etymology
From Spanish temblor (trembling), from temblar (to tremble), from Vulgar Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus (tremulous), from tremere (to tremble)

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Usage
"Powerful temblors rocked the city for more than 10 minutes afterwards." — Survivors Adrift on Mounds of Debris; The Borneo Bulletin (Brunei); Feb 1, 2005.

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noun

A shaking of the earth: earthquake, quake, seism, tremblor, tremor. Informal shake. See move/halt, repetition.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
  Synonyms: earthquake, quake, seism

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