How to Use temblor in a Sentence

temblor

noun
  • The temblor also caused a fire at the plant that led to a brief shutdown.
    — Fox News, 24 June 2020
  • With the danger passed, the temblor quickly spawned jokes, memes and even merch.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • There have not yet been any reports of injury or damage from the temblors.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Three days ago, her life was rocked when a powerful temblor struck the region.
    — Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The temblor was felt across a wide swath of the region, but there were no reports of damage.
    — Quakebot, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
  • The last massive temblor there was about 4,000 years ago.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • The partying turned to gloom after the temblors.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • There is some sound science connecting Earth's temblors and the moon.
    — Author: Shannon Hall, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2018
  • There is some sound science connecting Earth’s temblors and the moon.
    — Shannon Hall, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
  • When Monday’s temblor struck, Grandin didn’t expect to see any features atop the ground.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The July event was among the 10 strongest earthquakes on record; this new temblor won’t make that cut.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The temblor was centered about 34 miles southwest of Oceanside, about a half-mile deep in the ocean floor.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The temblor shook dozens of towns across northeastern Japan and was even mildly felt in the capital of Tokyo.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • With thousands of people still missing, rescuers said time was quickly running out to reach anyone who survived the temblors.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • On Saturday, the island was hit again, by a temblor two times larger than the one in 2010.
    — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Doublets aren’t the only type of follow-up temblors that can raise anxiety or cause further destruction.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a Roman-era castle crumbled as a result of the temblor.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The temblor began 9 miles beneath the earth’s surface, not far from the both the Elsinore and Aguanga faults.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Earthquakes have caused vast damage in Venezuela, catching residents by surprise in a place not accustomed to temblors.
    — Manuel Rueda, NPR, 25 June 2026
  • The temblor’s violent shaking knocked some homes off their foundations and triggered widespread power failures.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
  • The temblor was recorded in the Blanco Fracture Zone at a depth of 10 kilometers.
    — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • California’s largest cities have been spared major destructive temblors over the last quarter century.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The temblor, felt widely around the Bay Area, was centered about four miles deep, 12 miles east of downtown San Jose.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Torrential rains nine months later also pummeled the devastated region amid its slow recovery from the temblor.
    — Takehiko Kambayashi, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2025
  • The temblors have unsettled the community.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026

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