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temblor

[tem-bler, -blawr, tem-blawr] / ˈtɛm blər, -blɔr, tɛmˈblɔr /


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"He's always thinking about the house. He keeps saying I should take him to see it," said the 27-year-old whose workplace, a carwash, also fell to pieces in the temblor.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The temblor sparked several fires, collapsed buildings, damaged bridges -- including part of one pedestrian walkway that collapsed into a river -- and capsized a freight train.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Then, 39 seconds later, an even stronger 7.5-magnitude temblor struck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

But just 39 seconds after it started, an even more powerful magnitude 7.5 temblor struck, making a catastrophic disaster even worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Then, as he crouched, the temblor increased again.

From The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

In Playa Grande, the temblors spared few buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The temblors occurred just a few miles from cities like Highland, Muscoy, Lake Arrowhead and Rialto.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025

What precisely is fueling the sequence of shakers is not entirely clear, and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

In a valley among volcanoes, where the smoke from no less than six cones could be seen at once, temblors would not do damage.

From Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster


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