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Temblor

noun

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity. Synonyms: earthquake, quake, seism.

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"Temblor" Quotes from Famous Books

... all believe it. It is a part of their religion. Look at these flowers around the pear-tree, and scattered on that Indian mound. They regularly find their way there on saints' days and festas. THEY are not rubbish, Monsieur Garnier; they are propitiatory sacrifices. Pereo would believe that a temblor would swallow up the casa if we should ever forego these customary rites. Is it a mere absurdity that forced my father to build these modern additions around the heart of the old adobe house, leaving it untouched, so that the curse might ...

— Maruja • Bret Harte

... San Joaquin fault. While the records of San Francisco earthquakes up to the present have exhibited a mild type, the damage to property having hitherto been slight, it would appear from the extent and violence of the present temblor that both causes ...

— Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror • Richard Linthicum

Words linked to "Temblor" : quake, earthquake, seaquake, seism, microseism, seismic disturbance, geological phenomenon, shock, submarine earthquake, earth tremor, tremor