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mainshock
Today it means: The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity. Full definition →
Today it means: The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.