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temblor
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Etymology
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Noun
temblor (plural temblors or temblores)
- (US, Philippines) An earthquake.
- 2006, Louise Chipley Slavicek, The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Of 1906, page 107:
- Ever since the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, scientists have been warning that it is just a matter of time before another major temblor strikes the Bay Area.
- 2018 November 10, “4.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan's Chiayi”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 10 November 2018, Environment:
- The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tiered intensity scale in Yichu, 3 in Chiayi City and Tainan City's Chiali, as well as 2 in Yunlin County's Touliu City and Shuilin.
- 2022 December 8, Marc Jayson Cayabyab, “PNR suspends trips due to earthquake”, in The Philippine Star:
- PNR trips were suspended at past 1 p.m. after the temblor struck Camarines Norte, but was felt in the city of Manila at Intensity 3.
- 2023 October 8, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israel’s Worst Day at War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Ukraine was already dealing with the temblors in the U.S. government.
Translations
earthquake — see earthquake
See also
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Spanish
Etymology
From temblar.
Pronunciation
Noun
temblor m (plural temblores)
- tremor (i.e. involuntary vibration from illness or fear)
- tremble, trembling, shaking, quivering
- tremor, earthquake, quake, temblor (usually a light one)
- Synonyms: seísmo, sismo, temblor de tierra, terremoto
Derived terms
- temblor esencial
- temblor secundario (“aftershock”)
Further reading
- “temblor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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