temblors
Seismic ground movements
Temblors is the plural of temblor, a somewhat literary or journalistic word for earthquake.
The term appears most often in news coverage of seismic events: A series of temblors rattled the region.
It functions as a slightly elevated alternative to the more common earthquake or quake.
Sudden ground movement
- tremorsSlight shaking movements
- quakesSudden ground shaking
- aftershocksTremors following main earthquake
- foreshocksSeismic events before mainshock
shaking · magnitude · epicenter · fault · Richter · seismograph · tectonic · rupture
Sudden structural failure
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- damageHarm or impairment
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
buildings · infrastructure · crumbling · debris · rescue · survivors · reconstruction · emergency
West coast megastate
- San AndreasCalifornia fault zone
- ChileSlender Andean coastal nation
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
- MexicoNorth American southern nation
Turkey · Indonesia · Pacific · Ring of Fire · Haiti · Christchurch · Northridge · Sumatra
earthquakes
Sudden ground movement
- tremorsSlight shaking movements
- quakesSudden ground shaking
- aftershocksTremors following main earthquake
foreshocks · shaking · magnitude · epicenter · fault · Richter · seismograph · tectonic · rupture · shockwaves
collapse
Sudden structural failure
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- damageHarm or impairment
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
casualties · buildings · infrastructure · crumbling · debris · rescue · survivors · reconstruction · emergency · evacuation
California
West coast megastate
- San AndreasCalifornia fault zone
- ChileSlender Andean coastal nation
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
Mexico · Turkey · Indonesia · Pacific · Ring of Fire · Haiti · Christchurch · Northridge · Sumatra · Nepal
temblorsstillness
Complete lack of motion
stability · calm · quiescence · steadiness · immobility
temblorsvolcanic eruptions
Explosive magma discharge from peaks
landslides · tsunamis · floods · avalanches