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Noun Concept
Categories: M w, Articles with short description, Types of earthquake, Seismology
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foreshock  foreshocks
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A tremor preceding an earthquake WordNet 3.0
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A tremor preceding an earthquake WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event and is related to it in both time and space. Wikipedia
Earthquake that occurs before the larger mainshock, and is related to the latter in both time and space Wikidata
A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks. Wiktionary
IS A
tremor
earthquake
warning
FOLLOWED BY
main shock
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