Pirdi told me its called a temblor, because it was not serious. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
First time I have ever seen the word "temblor" used. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
When there is an earthquake -- or a "temblor," to use the. From Wordnik.com. [The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire] Reference
Fortunately, the temblor lasted only-a few seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Climbing the Mountain]
Then the temblor eased away as suddenly as it had begun. From Wordnik.com. [Encounter At Farpoint]
The aftereffects of the temblor are still coming to light. From Wordnik.com. [Massive Quake Rattles New Zealand Economy] Reference
The temblor was centered Guerrero, a coastal Pacific state. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Prices Settle Above $50 a Barrel] Reference
The temblor was felt as far away as Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand. From Wordnik.com. [Powerful Earthquake Buries 900 Students and Kills at Least 8,500 in China] Reference
(An 1861 temblor destroyed the province's capital, also called Mendoza.). From Wordnik.com. [A Province That Works] Reference
The buildings around the school withstood the temblor and remain standing. From Wordnik.com. [Rapid Response to Quake Enhances Beijing's Image] Reference
The largest before Friday's was a 2. 70-magnitude temblor in 1993, she said. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth trembled in Md., but not everybody gets the shakes] Reference
The largest quake was recorded as a magnitude 6.9 temblor, according to the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Quake Hits Western China] Reference
There was a 2.6 temblor in 1990, and quakes measuring 2.5 in 1997, 1993 and 1974. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth trembled in Md., but not everybody gets the shakes] Reference
To depict the effects of a temblor more fully, illustrator Jason Lee researched how P waves. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
There's no museum temblor, like last year's Matisse show, to make its offerings seem small. From Wordnik.com. [The Soho Scene Lights Up] Reference
Another Haitian patient awaiting evacuation, Edwin Pierrot, broke both legs in the temblor. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ.com: What's News US] Reference
Associated Press/Xinhua The temblor was felt as far away as Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand. From Wordnik.com. [Major Quake Shakes China] Reference
The capital was last hit in 1923, when a magnitude 8.3 temblor killed more than 140,000 people. From Wordnik.com. [Early Warning Comes Too Late for Japan] Reference
The first foreign rescue workers since Monday's magnitude 7.9 temblor were allowed to the scene. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Charges 'Fear Mongering'] Reference
Of all the economic earthquakes that racked the global economy in 2008, one temblor ranks supreme. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: The Economy Crumbled] Reference
AFP/Getty Images A number of the deaths came in schools, several of which collapsed in the temblor. From Wordnik.com. [China's Rescue Efforts] Reference
After the 1989 temblor, San Francisco began retrofitting public buildings like the historic City Hall. From Wordnik.com. [Bracing for a Quake] Reference
The temblor was felt at the site of a massive landslide in northern Taiwan but did not hamper rescue efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan Earthquake Strikes: 6.5 Quake Rattles Island] Reference
Lin Yiguang/Xinhua/Associated Press The temblor also injured 325 people, 24 seriously, Xinhua News Agency said. From Wordnik.com. [Earthquake Rocks Southwest China] Reference
The temblor could be felt by local residents at the second and third level of Modified Mercally Intensity (MMI). From Wordnik.com. [5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Sulawesi Island] Reference
The 7. 0-magnitude temblor left 20 million cubic meters, or 700 million cubic feet, of debris, the U.N. estimates. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months On, Haiti Aid Push Falters] Reference
His basement looks like a hardware store; lately he's been fortifying his home in case an 8.0 temblor hits the Northwest. From Wordnik.com. [The Hacker Hemingway] Reference
But even David couldn't have predicted California's latest political temblor: a powerful movement to recall Democratic Gov. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor's Desk] Reference
The severity of the May 12 temblor, China's worst in three decades, exceeded the level foreseen by government building codes. From Wordnik.com. [China Reassesses Construction] Reference
In Mexico City, the temblor caused tall buildings to sway and sent office workers into the streets, the Associated Press reported. From Wordnik.com. [Earthquake Rattles Mexico City] Reference
Needless to say, if there was any substantive progress, the state would not have utterly disappeared in the rubble of the temblor. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Levine: No "Hope for Haiti" Without Justice] Reference
The temblor started fires, severed roads and cut off power and communications to Padang, a coastal city of 900,000 on Sumatra island. From Wordnik.com. [Wade Norris: Climate Change: Whole Lot of Shaking Going On ...] Reference
Relief workers prepared hot meals for the thousands made homeless by the temblor, which officials said had affected some 80,000 people. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Public anger grew over the stories of hundreds of children crushed to death in schools that collapsed in Monday's magnitude 7.9 temblor. From Wordnik.com. [Today's WSJ in Photos: May 16, 2008] Reference
Challenge: Earthquakes Bay Bridge East Span , San Francisco Opening in 2013, this sleek span is designed to survive the next big temblor. From Wordnik.com. [Thwarting Disaster: Bridges That Can Withstand Anything] Reference
"Many houses and public buildings did not meet quake-proof regulations," Rastandi said at a press gathering following the Padang temblor. From Wordnik.com. [Sara Schonhardt: Learning From Aceh's Recovery: Tsunami Lessons Five Years On] Reference
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