temblor
A temblor is another name for an earthquake. Feeling a temblor shake the ground under your feet can be terrifying, even when it's a fairly small one.
The word temblor has been commonly used in American Spanish since the 19th century. It comes from a Spanish word meaning "a trembling." So if you ever have the experience of feeling the ground tremble beneath you or watching the dishes on your kitchen shelf trembling as your whole house shakes, you can describe it as an earthquake or a temblor.
Definitions of temblor
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shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
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synonyms:
earthquake, quake, seism
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seismic disturbance, shock
an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
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earth tremor, microseism, tremor
a small earthquake
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seaquake, submarine earthquake
an earthquake at the sea bed
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aftershock
a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
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foreshock
a tremor preceding an earthquake
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type of:
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geological phenomenon
a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
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