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foreshock

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Definition of foreshock

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Recent Examples of foreshock The second quake is considered the mainshock, while the first was a foreshock, USGS said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Jones says that this most recent set of quakes could be foreshocks for a much larger event. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not. — Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025 Lesser-magnitude quakes have previously been foreshocks to larger-magnitude ones. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreshock

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Noun

They’re made with cushioned EVA footbeds that absorb shock and help relieve pressure on my joints, especially on my heaviest walking days.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
But raising rates would go against his framework of looking through supply shocks.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of shock

Noun

When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake.

— William B. Davis, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Every time there is an aftershock—and there have been many—my mother calls me.

— Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Definition of aftershock

Noun

Not necessarily in magnitude — though the Vrancea zone is geologically capable of producing a magnitude 8 quake — but in damages and deaths.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
Shaking from a quake could damage wharves, piers, buildings and roadway above the seawall.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of quake

Noun

For the last few years, my dad, an Army veteran with my bone-dry sense of humor, has fought a progressive neurological disorder that causes severe tremors in his arms, legs and neck.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
People who develop racing heartbeats, tremors, anxiety, insomnia, reflux, headaches or reproducible palpitations after drinking coffee should not ignore those symptoms simply because population studies are reassuring.

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of tremor

Noun

The earthquake's epicenter was about 10 miles northwest of Westmorland and occurred at a depth of 2 miles.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Learning from others Other countries that have experienced higher magnitude earthquakes with less damage, can serve as models to follow, Martinez Cruzado said.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of earthquake

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