- In seismology, the
mainshock is the
largest earthquake in a sequence,
sometimes preceded by one or more foreshocks, and
almost always followed by many...
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seismic event – the
mainshock – and is
related to it in both time and space. The
designation of an
earthquake as foreshock,
mainshock or
aftershock is only...
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previously damaged from the
mainshock. If an
aftershock is
larger than the
mainshock, the
aftershock is
redesignated as the
mainshock and the
original main...
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approximately 10 km (6 miles) to the northwest. The latter, now
considered the
mainshock, was the most
powerful earthquake to
occur in the
state in 20
years (after...
- north–south fault. The
second mainshock occurred at 16:09
local time the
following day. It was
similar in
magnitude to the
first mainshock at Mw 5.8, with a focal...
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Kumamoto jishin) were a
series of earthquakes,
including a
magnitude 7.0
mainshock which struck at 01:25 JST on April 16, 2016 (16:25 UTC on
April 15) beneath...
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California on
April 25 and 26. The
three largest events were the M7.2
thrust mainshock that
struck near the
unincorporated community of
Petrolia midday on April...
- with a strike-slip
event occurring shortly after the
initiation of the
mainshock.
Between 25,000 and 50,000 were
killed and up to 130,000 were injured...
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their own
sequences of
aftershocks with the
largest measuring 4.7 and the
mainshock on 16
August was
preceded by a
magnitude 4.5
shock two
hours prior. These...
- a magnitude 6.1
tremor that
occurred earlier that day.
Following the
mainshock, a
tsunami alert was
issued for the
nearby Mak****ar Strait. A localised...
