Associations to the word «Foreshock»

Wiktionary

FORESHOCK, noun. (geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.

Dictionary definition

FORESHOCK, noun. A tremor preceding an earthquake.

Wise words

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Friedrich Nietzsche