erschütterung
/ɛɐ̯ˈʃʏtəʁʊŋ/Recordings stay in your browser and are never uploaded.
noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
Examples
Eine leichte Erschütterung weckte Menschen kurz nach Mitternacht.
A light tremor woke people just after midnight.
Glas klapperte während der Erschütterung, aber nichts fiel herunter.
Glass rattled during the tremor but nothing fell.
Sensoren zeichneten die Erschütterung in drei Provinzen auf.
Sensors recorded the tremor across three provinces.
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