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Earth tremor   /ərθ trˈɛmər/   Listen
Earth tremor

noun
1.
A small earthquake.  Synonyms: microseism, tremor.






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"Earth tremor" Quotes from Famous Books



... of recent years been erected to prevent further falls. A fall in 1829 brought down from 1000 to 1400 tons, a mass some seven or eight feet thick. On 10th May in the same year, evidently due to an earth tremor, a like great fall occurred at the rock habitations at Sneinton. The inhabitants escaped as by a miracle. A dog barked furiously in the night, and the inhabitants of the cave dwellings rushed forth, fancying that robbers were at work there. In 1830 a portion of the town cliff fell, ...
— Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe • Sabine Baring-Gould



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