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temblor

[tem-bler, -blawr, tem-blawr]

noun

plural

temblors 
,

plural

temblores .
  1. a tremor; earthquake.



temblor

/ ˈtÉ›mblÉ™, -blÉ”Ë /

noun

  1. an earthquake or earth tremor

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of temblor1

An Americanism first recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish: literally, “a quaking,†equivalent to tembl(ar) “to quake†(perhaps ultimately from Latin ³Ù¾±³¾Å§°ù±ð “to fear†and Late Latin ³Ù°ù±ð³¾³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð “to quakeâ€) + -or noun suffix; tremble, -or 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of temblor1

C19: American Spanish, from Spanish temblar to shake, tremble
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A hypothetical magnitude 9.3 earthquake from Alaska — similar in scale to the monstrous 1964 tsunami-generating temblor — would offer six hours of warning; large temblors from Chile could provide 13 hours of warning.

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Monday’s magnitude 5.2 temblor was an uneasy reminder of the fault’s power.

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Monday’s 5.2 magnitude temblor marked another success for California’s early earthquake warning system, with users in some areas saying they got notifications on their phone before they felt shaking.

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Monday’s magnitude 5.2 temblor marked another success for California’s earthquake early warning system, with users in some areas saying they received alerts on their phones before they felt shaking.

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The temblor was centered three miles south of Julian and 17 miles east of Ramona and was felt across the region.

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What doesÌýtemblor 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.

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