a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Twenty-four hours after the temblor struck, those trapped under rubble would have endured a night in sub-zero temperatures, adding to the pressure on rescuers looking for survivors in an area the size of Cambodia.—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025 There have only been about a dozen earthquakes in California that registered at or above a 7.0 since 1857, according to the state's department of conservation, the most recent being a 7.1 temblor that struck near Ridgecrest in July 2019.—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 The house was built from redwood and still has its original studs, so its sturdiness prevented it from sustaining any damage in the temblor, Chappelle said.—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 This year also marked the 30th anniversary of Los Angeles’ last destructive earthquake: the magnitude 6.7 Northridge temblor.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for temblor
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, literally, trembling, from temblar to tremble, from Medieval Latin tremulare — more at tremble
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