as in quakes
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Recent Examples of temblors
The temblors have unsettled the community.
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Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
There have not yet been any reports of injury or damage from the temblors.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Those temblors did not have any immediate reports of injuries but did cause BART trains to temporarily reduce their speed.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
The earthquakes occurred near neighborhoods previously affected by historic temblors.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
The team discovered that some temblors, including the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, were one-off events that were caused exclusively by movements along the northern San Andreas Fault.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
There have not yet been any reports of injury or damage from the temblors.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Those temblors did not have any immediate reports of injuries but did cause BART trains to temporarily reduce their speed.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
The earthquakes occurred near neighborhoods previously affected by historic temblors.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
The team discovered that some temblors, including the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, were one-off events that were caused exclusively by movements along the northern San Andreas Fault.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblors
Noun
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But after several weeks, the quakes dropped off.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Seismic activity in the area is limited, but USGS data show similar quakes have occurred within 5 to 10 miles over time.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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The book gives us fresh and fascinating insight into a woman whose study of the waves from earthquakes led to a new understanding of what lies at the very center of our planet.—
Carol Sutton Lewis,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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By the time symptoms first appear, the majority of these cells are lost forever, meaning the disease can progress for years before any of the telltale physical symptoms emerge—tremors, stiffness and slowness of movement, among others.—
Todd Weissman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Until recently, scientists could only manually read through graphs of seismic recordings to pick out tremors, then use the data to trace the movements of magma that caused them.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Temblors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblors. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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