TopicEarthquake
yure · /ju.ɾe/
揺れ
yure/ju.ɾe/noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
地面が揺れる動き。軽いことが多い
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
規模が分かる前に軽い地震を揺れと呼ぶことがあります。
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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