Temblor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

temblor
    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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Temblor \Tem*blor"\, n. [Sp.]
   An earthquake. [Western U. S.]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "temblor":
      apoplexy, breakup, cataclysm, climax, convulsion, diastrophism,
      disaster, fit, overthrow, paroxysm, quake, quaker, shake, shock,
      spasm, stroke, tidal wave, tremor, tsunami, upheaval

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