earth tremor

English Thesaurus

1. a small earthquake (noun.event)

hypernym	:	earthquake, quake, seism, temblor,
definition	:	shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity (noun.event)

hyponym	:	aftershock,
definition	:	a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake (noun.event)

hyponym	:	foreshock,
definition	:	a tremor preceding an earthquake (noun.event)

derivation	:	quake, tremor,
definition	:	shake with seismic vibrations (verb.motion)

derivation	:	quake, tremor,
definition	:	shake with seismic vibrations (verb.motion)