NOUN | event | earth tremor, tremor, microseism | a small earthquake |
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Meaning | A small earthquake. | |
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Synonyms | tremor, microseism | |
Narrower | aftershock | A tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake |
foreshock | A tremor preceding an earthquake | |
Broader | earthquake, quake, temblor, seism | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
Spanish | microsismo, movimiento sísmico, temblor | |
Catalan | moviment sísmic, tremolor |
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