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foreshock

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as in shock

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Recent Examples on the Web And a reliable early warning on the basis of foreshocks or release of gases from the ground has many uncertainties and has, so far, not succeeded even with the most modern sensors. —

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024 The dogs may be picking up on foreshocks, the smaller earthquakes that occur before a larger one, or acoustic waves generated by the movement of the tectonic plates, the organization said. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 May 2024 Neither foreshocks nor aftershocks can be bigger than the mainshock. —

Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024 Lucy Jones, a former USGS seismologist who founded the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, said that as time goes on, the potential the quake was a foreshock to something bigger diminishes rapidly. —

Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foreshock

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