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temblors

noun

plural of temblor

as in quakes

a shaking of the earth a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village

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Recent Examples of temblors 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 Doublets aren’t the only type of follow-up temblors that can raise anxiety or cause further destruction. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Earthquakes have caused vast damage in Venezuela, catching residents by surprise in a place not accustomed to temblors. — Manuel Rueda, NPR, 25 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 The temblors have unsettled the community. — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026 The agency reported rescue teams were searching for people trapped under rubble and were assessing risks of additional temblors. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 June 2026 The Great Earthquake 120 years ago on April 18, 1906, the San Francisco earthquake (and subsequent fires) ranks as one of the most significant temblors of all time. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Rodríguez said authorities have recorded 862 aftershocks since the main quakes and confirmed that 189 buildings collapsed completely nationwide, the vast majority in La Guaira, the coastal state that suffered the worst destruction.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
According to an unofficial and widely circulated online list, some 38,500 people were still unaccounted for, down from nearly 60,000 in the days immediately after the quakes.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 July 2026

Definition of quakes

Noun

Alfonzo’s younger sister, Eliana, and stepmother, Patricia, have been missing since last month when earthquakes caused widespread devastation in his home country of Venezuela.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of earthquakes

Noun

Miami businesswoman Gisela Rojas was on vacation in Venezuela when the first tremors of two massive earthquakes hit the central and northern parts of the country last week.

— Sarah Moreno July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Choose Baits with Vibration Lipless crankbaits earn their keep each spring, as their shuddering motion creates the bait-mimicking tremors to which bass respond.

— David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026

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