TopicEarthquake
zhèndòng · /tʂən⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
震动
zhèndòng/tʂən⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
地面的晃动，常指较轻的震动
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
震级未明时，新闻可能把轻震称为震动。
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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