Earthquake that occurs before a mainshock but is of lower magnitude
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A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event – the mainshock – and is related to it in both time and space. The designation of an earthquake as foreshock, mainshock or aftershock is only possible after the full sequence of events has happened.[1]
^Gates, A.; Ritchie, D. (2006). Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Infobase Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8160-6302-4. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event – the mainshock – and is related to it in both time and space. The designation...
show quite predictable foreshock behaviour before the main seismic event. Reviews of data of past events and their foreshocks showed that they have a...
sequence, sometimes preceded by one or more foreshocks, and almost always followed by many aftershocks. A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger...
sequence) to the east of Ridgecrest. The first main shock (now deemed to be a foreshock) occurred on Thursday, July 4 at 10:33 a.m. PDT, approximately 18 km (11...
Kyushu Region, Japan, at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), and a foreshock earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 at 21:26 JST (12:26 UTC) on April 14,...
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morning of 26 September. It was preceded by a foreshock almost as strong as the main quake. The foreshock occurred at 02:33 CEST (00:33 UTC), rated Mw5...
only 11 days, this earthquake is regarded as a foreshock. The calculated stress transfer from this foreshock indicates that it brought the Denali fault closer...
effects varied widely, including the time of the main shock as well as foreshocks that occurred at several locations earlier in the morning. The 1857 earthquake...
redesignated as the mainshock and the original main shock is redesignated as a foreshock. Aftershocks are formed as the crust around the displaced fault plane...
sequences of many earthquakes striking in a relatively short period of time. Foreshock, an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event (the mainshock)...
2020). "The 21 May 1960 Mw 8.1 Concepción Earthquake: A Deep Megathrust Foreshock That Started the 1960 Central-South Chilean Seismic Sequence". Seismological...
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was preceded by a ML 6.5 foreshock on 20 May 1986 which struck north of Hualien at 15.8 km (9.8 mi) depth. The foreshock produced aftershocks located...
PDT. Its moment magnitude was 7.1 and the earthquake was preceded by 12 foreshocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 3.8. The event is thought to...
Flores to Timor. The 2002 Sumatra earthquake is believed to have been a foreshock, preceding the main event by over two years. Great earthquakes, such as...
instrumental data. This may be estimated using intensity data, information about foreshocks and aftershocks, knowledge of local fault systems or extrapolations from...
at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on 9 January. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7.4 on the...
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component of the broader Scotia plate) at a rate of 71 mm/yr. The 7.5 Mw foreshock was located at a depth of 47 km, placing it within the lower half of the...
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Retrieved September 1, 2008. "Review & Outlook: The Mariana Pension Foreshock". The Wall Street Journal. May 11, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2015. Mercado...
as "foreshocks". The Earthquake Prediction Center of the CWB said that 73 foreshocks were recorded, which is a rare occurrence. Five foreshocks had magnitudes...
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