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How to use temblor in a sentence

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He was referring to the aftershocks that invariably follow a large temblor, or main shock.
There have been over 500 aftershocks since the temblor, causing interruptions in the rescue effort.
In the 70 years prior to the 1906 earthquake, a temblor of at least magnitude 6 struck the region an average of every four years, she said.
The temblor proved that an earthquake smaller in magnitude can cause greater damage than a more powerful earthquake.
Even the global sea level is now half a millimeter higher than it was before the temblor.
Two days after the devastating temblor, I queried Duvalier about his reaction to such images.
Called the San Simeon earthquake after the coastal town nearest its epicenter, the temblor hit hardest in this town known for its sulfur springs and mud baths.
Aftershocks continue to rattle Sendai and its environs, including a 6.9-magnitude temblor on Sunday.
A magnitude 6.7 temblor on Oct. 23 is now considered a foreshock.
On the day after the 6.8-magnitude temblor, under roily gray skies and cold intermittent rain, much of Olympia looked and felt under the weather.
Referred to as the Saguenay earthquake, the temblor registered 5.9 on the Richter scale.
The temblor, which injured almost 600 people, hit the northernmost island of Hokkaido hardest, but swayed buildings as far away as Tokyo, about 830 km to the southeast.
Seventy-six houses, several bridges and buildings collapsed totally or partially because of the temblor, which also triggered landslides in affected areas.
The temblor also damaged hundreds of houses and buildings, including the local legislative council building and several churches and mosques, and five bridges.
The first temblor on Saturday, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, hit shortly after midnight, followed by a second measuring 6.2 about seven hours later.
The temblor was felt across western Greece, with people on Lefkada and nearby Ionian Sea island of Kefalonia rushing out into the streets.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda canceled his stump speech in Tokyo and returned to his office to deal with the temblor.
Officials say the temblor is far less powerful that two quakes that hit the west of the country in 1999, killing 18,000 people.
The Associated Press reported a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii as saying neither temblor posed a danger of a Pacific Ocean-wide tsunami.
Ever since the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, scientists have been warning that it is just a matter of time before another major temblor strikes the Bay Area.
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Each meeting resulted in a small explosion, and a temblor that was felt far above.
It was merely a temblor, such as anyone would expect to feel occasionally with six smoking volcanic cones in view.
For perhaps two, or two and a half minutes, the temblor continued and much damage was done.
One night while I was at the Hotel de France there was a temblor or slight earthquake.
I sent a Mexican Herald about the temblor and the entry of Madero.
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