| NOUN | event | microseism, tremor, earth tremor | a small earthquake |
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| Meaning | A small earthquake. | |
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| Synonyms | tremor, earth tremor | |
| 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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