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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

A relatively loose definition involves an earthquake followed by another temblor of a similar magnitude within minutes, hours or days after the first main shock.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The picture was perfect—but since then the chill hands of both temblor and tempest have touched rudely the charm and blighted the pride of all of the California Missions—San Gabriel Archangel.

From The California Birthday Book by Various

In Playa Grande, the temblors spared few buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The temblors — with epicenters about 100 miles west of Caracas — were the deadliest to hit Venezuela in almost a century.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2025

A magnitude 3 earthquake occurred just north of Malibu Saturday afternoon, the latest in a cluster of temblors reported over the last week and a half.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2024

There were still temblors, but the sharper shocks no longer came.

From Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster




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