TopicEarthquake
pagyanig · /paɡ.ja.niɡ/
pagyanig
pagyanig/paɡ.ja.niɡ/noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
galaw ng pagyanig ng lupa, madalas na mahina
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
Maaaring tawaging pagyanig ang mahinang lindol bago malaman ang magnitude.
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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