- 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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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...
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epicentre is
about 8 km west of the
first mainshock.
Large numbers of
aftershocks were
recorded following the
mainshocks. They were
distributed over a 15 km...
- A
series of
mainshocks struck Calabria on
March 27–28 and June 9, 1638. The
first three earthquakes had
moment magnitudes estimated to be Mw 6.6–7.1. On...
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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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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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Doublet earthquake, an
earthquake that
consists of at
least two or more
mainshocks of
nearly identical magnitude,
separated by a
period of time. Earthquake...
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which caused additional damage in the most badly-affected
areas of the
mainshock.
Taiwan has a
history of
strong earthquakes. The
island is
located within...
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Irrawaddy River. The
northern part of this
segment ruptured during one of the
mainshocks in the 1946
Sagaing earthquakes,
while the 1956
Sagaing earthquake ruptured...
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major earthquake under ordinary cir****stances but is
dwarfed by the
mainshock. The
shift of m**** and the m****ive
release of
energy slightly altered...
