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[ US /ˈtɛmbɫɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

How To Use temblor In A Sentence

  • Even the global sea level is now half a millimeter higher than it was before the temblor.
  • Yamil Gonzalez @yamilg wrote: hable con mi tia que vive en la ceiba dice que estuvo fuertísimo se asustaron bastante, los adornos y todo eso se cayeron al piso #temblorHN Global Voices in English » Honduras: Strong Earthquake Shakes Country
  • Nevertheless, as if the temblor is his cue, Shit-Heel goes into a panic. Excerpt from VITAL FLUID, published by Enigmatic Ink
  • The temblor, which injured almost 600 people, hit the northernmost island of Hokkaido hardest, but swayed buildings as far away as Tokyo, about 830 km to the southeast.
  • There have been over 500 aftershocks since the temblor, causing interruptions in the rescue effort.
  • For earthquakes, as weather, the long-range perspective is perhaps more useful from the standpoint of how to withstand the power of large temblors over long stretches of time.
  • The temblor was the fifth in the past two days to hit the region, and major aftershocks can be expected for months, possibly even a year. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • OTHER TERMS: The word temblor not trembler is a synonym for earthquake. Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
  • The temblor also damaged hundreds of houses and buildings, including the local legislative council building and several churches and mosques, and five bridges.
  • The quake was the first major temblor to take place on land, and away from a tectonic plate boundary, since the invention of the modern seismometer in the 1880s.
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