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Recent Examples of foreshock
As always, there’s a 5% chance of today’s quake being a foreshock to a bigger one.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
San Francisco's catastrophic 1906 earthquake came roughly 20-25 seconds after a foreshock was felt throughout the city.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
But when an earthquake is followed by a larger one, the first quake becomes known as a foreshock.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Advertisement As with all earthquakes, there is 1 in 20 chance that Tuesday’s temblor was a foreshock to a larger earthquake.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
San Francisco's catastrophic 1906 earthquake came roughly 20-25 seconds after a foreshock was felt throughout the city.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
But when an earthquake is followed by a larger one, the first quake becomes known as a foreshock.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Advertisement As with all earthquakes, there is 1 in 20 chance that Tuesday’s temblor was a foreshock to a larger earthquake.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshock
Noun
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Officers evacuated students from classrooms, as students walked away in shock.—
Graham Hurley, Aaron Fisher and Katherine Jennings,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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Julian arrives at the bank as Olympia is standing in the vault, looking at the papers in shock.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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It was followed by a strong 6.4-magnitude aftershock.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Ten minutes later, the region was struck by a magnitude 6.4 aftershock.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Footage posted to social media from Istanbul showed people running and screaming in the moments after the biggest quake.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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At least seven aftershocks were immediately reported after the initial quake, CBS Los Angeles reported, with the strongest one registering at 4.0-magnitude.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Though Istanbul did not suffer from those tremors, over 53,000 were killed in Turkey and another 6,000 people in Syria.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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In Parkinson’s patients, these neurons are slowly destroyed as the disease progresses, which eventually affects their mobility and causes the disease’s tell-tale tremors.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Shocked by this week’s earthquake, zoo elephants formed an ‘alert circle’ to protect their young at San Diego Zoo Get ready for the L.A. Times Festival of Books Our annual book festival is next weekend!—
Alyssa Bereznak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, the growing 2024 population was greatly affected by a Dec. 5 earthquake centered 500 miles away in California's Humboldt County.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Foreshock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshock. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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