temblor
pronunciation
How to pronounce temblor in British English:
UK ['temblə(r)]
How to pronounce temblor in American English:
US ['temblər]
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- Noun:
- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Word Origin
- temblor (n.)
- "earthquake," 1876, from American Spanish temblor "earthquake," from Spanish temblor, literally "a trembling," from temblar "to tremble," from Vulgar Latin *tremulare (see tremble (v.)).
Example
- 1. He ducked under a desk as the temblor struck with a force that cracked the walls , he recalled .
- 2. Seismologists have revived a longstanding question in the wake of recent earthquakes : can a giant temblor in one location trigger another large one thousands of miles away ?
- 3. Mr. takenaka estimates that japan lost about 5 % of its capital stock in the most recent quake , compared with 2 % from the kobe temblor .
- 4. A 6.2-magnitude temblor , with a depth of 10 km , was followed by another one magnitude 6 after 11 minutes at a similar location and depth .
- 5. The temblor that struck japan was more than 10 times bigger than the daiichi plant had been tested to withstand .