foreshock

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foreshock

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From fore- + shock.

noun foreshocks

A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence.
figuratively Any shock or disturbance that precedes an event The FY 1981 increases in defense — something of a "foreshock" to the rapid rise in defense spending over the next several years — were prompted by the fall of the Shah in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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noun tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake

Español	sismo inicial, sismo premonitor
日本語	前震 zenshin
中文	前震 qiánzhèn
Ελληνικά	προσεισμός proseismós

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@misc{foreshock_2026,
  title = {foreshock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foreshock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}