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Recent Examples of foreshock
Have large foreshocks happened in California before? About half of California's biggest earthquakes in history have been preceded by foreshocks.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
As always, there’s a 5% chance of today’s quake being a foreshock to a bigger one.
—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
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
As always, there’s a 5% chance of today’s quake being a foreshock to a bigger one.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshock
Noun
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Shekinah’s friends were then in for a shock when Sarper suggested a clause of his own for their theoretical prenup.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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The shock expressed by analysts and Jørgensen's surprise at his firing reveal catastrophic communication breakdown.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The 1950s Nagasaki scenes are haunted by the aftershocks and trauma of the war, though the atomic bombing is never depicted directly.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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Experts warn the situation is even more concerning because, on top of everything, land across Iran is sinking at a worrying rate, potentially worsening the impact of earthquakes and aftershocks.—
Sanam Mahoozi,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In 2023, powerful quakes killed more than 53,000 people in southeastern Turkey.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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What the quake failed to do, the violence is now doing: marginalizing Port-au-Prince.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As with Lionel, David’s trauma is buried deep—his post-war shell shock shown only through a barely perceptible tremor in his hands; his hopelessness only really glimpsed in one close-up.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Cristina puts her career in jeopardy to help Burke hide his hand tremor after he’s shot.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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Ring While the United States Geological Survey stresses that factors like the distance from the earthquake, type of soil a building is built on and construction design are all key factors, damage begins to occur if an earthquake reaches somewhere between 4 or 5 magnitude.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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During an earlier monologue, Robin talks about the great earthquake that will one day level the Pacific Northwest, and at times his words sound not like a prophecy or a warning, but an oblique recollection of the emotional earthquake that devastated him.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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“Foreshock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshock. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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