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Understanding Earthquake Terminology by Wilber Manrique Valdivia is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the differences between foreshocks, mainshocks, and aftershocks based on information from Caltech scientists. [1] A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before the largest earthquake (mainshock) in a sequence, while an aftershock is one that occurs after the mainshock. [2] The recent Ridgecrest earthquakes initially had a magnitude 6.4 quake that was later considered a foreshock to the magnitude 7.1 mainshock the following day. [3] Not all foreshocks happen immediately before the m
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- Wilber Manrique Valdivia
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- EN