earth tremor


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Noun1.earth tremor - a small earthquakeearth tremor - a small earthquake      
earthquake, quake, seism, temblor - shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
aftershock - a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
foreshock - a tremor preceding an earthquake
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Translations

earth tremor

nscossa sismica
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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(TAP)- An earth tremor of a magnitude of 3.20 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday at 1:39 pm in Chat El-Jerid in the governorate of Tozeur, by seismological stations of the National Institute of Meteorology (INM).
After four months of waiting, Kenha has announced plans to rehabilitate a bridge that collapsed on the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road following an earth tremor.
It started at about 7 am as earth tremor and two hours later ground gave way causing the houses to collapse.
class="MsoNormalBut what is an earth tremor? And how different is it from an earthquake?
The referendum result, like an earth tremor, has exposed long-hidden fault lines in our society, political system and the economy.
Scottish Power poured cold water on the idea that homes might have lost power because of an earth tremor.
Sean Doyle said his wife Helen as well as two neighbours had felt an earth tremor. He said items had fallen on to the kitchen floor at a neighbour's house.
4 (BNA): The UAE has deplored North Korea's sixth nuclear test which caused an earth tremor in blatant breach of the international community's will and resolutions in this regard.
Earth Tremor LAST season an earth tremor hit the bowling green The result of a rather unfortunate scene When big Dave tripped and hit the ground The aftershock was felt by those around Two or three big chaps struggled to raise Dave Which I thought was very brave The team played on Dave did insist This was no more than a mini crisis Dave the next morning was not feeling too well A full recovery is expected but only time will tell.
8DA followed YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Avocado 9 Visor 10 Nifty 11 Termite 12 Era 13 Rifleman 16 Clock off 17 Lee 19 Chagrin 21 Trevi 22 Piece 23 Skittle DOWN: 1 Launder 2 Golf ball 3 Navy 4 Overleaf 5 Asti 6 Grieg 8 Out of bounds 13 Recorder 14 Ailments 15 Retired 18 Scope 20 Area 21 Trim QUICKIE ACROSS: 1 Earth tremor 8 Sad 9 Wig 11 Trainer 12 Villa 13 Elm 14 Sew 15 Foolish 17 Pat 19 Oily 21 Well 23 Even 25 Glow 27 Not 29 Estuary 31 Eat 34 Are 36 Sleep 37 Stilton 38 Spa 39 Old 40 Starter home DOWN: 1 Earl 2 Adam 3 Tinfoil 4 Thrill 5 Elvis 6 Owls 7 Rile 8 Steep 10 Gawky 16 Hoe 18 Two 20 Inn 22 Ewe 24 Varnish 25 Guess 26 Pursue 28 Trend 30 Super 32 Alps 33 Teat 34 Atom 35 Role
Cate Moore said: "Don't know what they're doing on the Ranges at Otterburn but it feels like an earth tremor here, 20 mls away."