TopicEarthquake
tremor · /tɾeˈmoɾ/
tremor
tremor/tɾeˈmoɾ/noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
movimento de tremor do solo, muitas vezes leve
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
Notícias podem chamar tremor a um sismo leve antes da 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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