单词temblor
n.: 地震
地震:
an earthquake(= a sudden, violent shaking of the earth"s surface)
〔美国〕地震
复数：temblors
The building where I stayed in Qinghai was a four-story concrete box that I had no doubt would be a one-story tomb in a temblor .
青海那座我曾经住过的四层混凝土建筑，如果遇到地震的话，无疑会成为一座一层高的坟墓。
(also known as a quake, tremor, or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth"s crust that creates seismic waves.
（又称地动、地振动）是地壳快速释放能量过程中造成的振动，期间会产生地震波。
It was the earthquake warning alarms of the passengers" cellphones indicating that another temblor was imminent.
那是发自乘客们手机上的地震警报，预示着下一场地震正在临近。
They found the 2004 temblor decreased the length of a day by 6. 8 microseconds and shifted the North Pole a few centimeters.
他们发现，2004年印尼地震使一天缩短了6.8微秒，导致北极移动了几厘米。
Note: The shaking of a 7. 0 temblor is roughly equivalent to one of the author"s normal landings, so nothing new there.
注意：7级的地震大约相当于作者一次正常的着陆，所以没什么新鲜的。
He ducked under a desk as the temblor struck with a force that cracked the walls, he recalled.
他回忆，地震震裂了墙壁，当时他躲到了一张桌子底下。
Technically, that strong shaking was an aftershock of the devastating 9. 0 temblor that hit the nation nearly a month ago.
严格的说，那次强震属于差不多一个月前袭击这个国家的灾难性9.0级地震的余震。
Faults along the southern, Himalayan edge of Tibet present hazards as great as those underlying the Sichuan temblor, Ellis said.
的断裂层，西藏喜马拉雅山脉的边缘，存在着和四川地震下面情况同样巨大的危害，埃利斯说。
According to conventional earthquake wisdom, after shocks represent the ground"s "relaxing" after the main temblor has rattled the land.
依照人们对地震的常识，馀震就是主震过后地表的「舒缓」行为。
Thousands of children were in class when the temblor hit Monday afternoon. Many of their schools collapsed on top of them.
周一下午地震时有成千的孩子在学校上课，许多的学校都倒塌并将他们埋起了。