tem·blor

(tĕm′blər, -blôr′)

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

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temblor

(ˈtɛmblə; -blɔː)

n, pl temblors or temblores (tɛmˈblɔːreɪz)

(Geological Science) chiefly US an earthquake or earth tremor

[C19: American Spanish, from Spanish temblar to shake, tremble]

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tem•blor

(ˈtɛm blər, -blɔr; Sp. tɛmˈblɔr)

n., pl. -blors, Sp. -blo•res (-ˈblɔ rɛs)

a tremor; earthquake.

[1895–1900, Amer.; < Sp: literally, a quaking =tembl(ar) to quake + -or -or¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

temblor - shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

earthquake, quake, seism

seismic disturbance, shock - an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"

earth tremor, microseism, tremor - a small earthquake

seaquake, submarine earthquake - an earthquake at the sea bed

geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth

temblor

noun

A shaking of the earth:

earthquake, quake, seism, tremblor, tremor.

Informal: shake.

Translations

temblor

[ˈtembləʳ] N (US) → temblor m de tierra

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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.

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