TopicEarthquake
erschütterung · /ɛɐ̯ˈʃʏtəʁʊŋ/
erschütterung
erschütterung/ɛɐ̯ˈʃʏtəʁʊŋ/noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
erschütternde Bewegung des Bodens, oft mild
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
Nachrichten nennen ein leichtes Beben oft Erschütterung, bevor die Magnitude bekannt ist.
Examples
A light tremor woke people just after midnight.
Glass rattled during the tremor but nothing fell.
Sensors recorded the tremor across three provinces.
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