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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: earthquake, quake, temblor, seism]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Spanish, literally, trembling, from temblar to tremble, from Medieval Latin tremulare — more at tremble Date: 1876 earthquake

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temblor Tem*blor", n. [Sp.] An earthquake. [Western U. S.]

Moby Thesaurus

apoplexy, breakup, cataclysm, climax, convulsion, diastrophism, disaster, fit, overthrow, paroxysm, quake, quaker, shake, shock, spasm, stroke, tidal wave, tremor, tsunami, upheaval