earth tremor
Seismic ground movement
An earth tremor is a minor earthquake—a slight shaking of the ground that may be barely perceptible or strong enough to rattle windows and dishes.
The term emphasizes the event's modest intensity: The earth tremor woke me, but nothing fell from the shelves.
Often shortened to just tremor.
Detects ground vibrations
- magnitudeSize or scale
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- hypocenterEarthquake's underground origin point
- faultImperfection or blame
tectonics · subduction · P-waves · S-waves · seismology · seismologist · seismicity · plate boundary
Rapid involuntary movement
- rumbleLow rolling sound
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- judderShake with jerky vibrations
shudder · jolt · rattling · swaying · oscillation · undulation · rolling · lurching
seismometer
Detects ground vibrations
- magnitudeSize or scale
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- hypocenterEarthquake's underground origin point
fault · tectonics · subduction · P-waves · S-waves · seismology · seismologist · seismicity · plate boundary · liquefaction
shaking
Rapid involuntary movement
judder · shudder · jolt · rattling · swaying · oscillation · undulation · rolling · lurching · quivering
fear
Emotional response to threat
dread · unease · terror · disquiet · apprehension · foreboding · startle · jolt · shock · unsettling
collapse
Sudden structural failure
fissure · crack · landslide · rockslide · sinkhole · structural damage · fallen · shattered · toppled · devastation
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- Earth soundsrumble, quake, eruption, landslide, rockfall
- geohazardslandslides, rockslide, mudslide, mudflow, subsidence
- seismic activityquake, mainshock, temblor, ground shaking, microseism
- natural disasterstornado, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption, volcano
- bass soundsbass note, bass tone, bass drum, bass guitar, bass voice
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