temblor
Americannoun
plural
temblors,plural
tembloresnoun
Usage
What does temblor mean? Temblor is another word for an earthquake or a tremor.A temblor can also be called a trembler or a tremblor. These terms are all less commonly used than earthquake and tremor.The plural of temblor is temblors, but temblores is also sometimes used as a plural (due to the fact that temblor came from Spanish and this is how it is pluralized in Spanish).Example: The temblor that hit the area last month shook the whole city for more than a minute.
Etymology
Origin of temblor
An Americanism first recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish: literally, “a quaking,” equivalent to tembl(ar) “to quake” (perhaps ultimately from Latin timēre “to fear” and Late Latin tremulāre “to quake”) + -or noun suffix; tremble, -or 1
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Example Sentences
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The temblor was reported at 4:41 p.m. seven miles from Susanville, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
But while experts acknowledge that some major earthquakes are preceded by more-modest temblors, they caution that the swarms by themselves probably don’t offer a hint of when, or where, the next major quake will hit.
From Los Angeles Times
Most earthquake swarms do not result in major temblors.
From Los Angeles Times
The ShakeAlert computer system that warns about the imminent arrival of shaking from earthquakes sent out a false alarm Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 temblor in Carson City, Nev., that did not actually happen.
From Los Angeles Times
Monday evening’s earthquake was the second temblor of magnitude 3 or greater to occur near the San Andreas Fault on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times
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