"foreshock" meaning in English

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        "A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks."
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        "(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiánzhèn",
          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
          "word": "前震"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
          "word": "esijäristys"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "proseismós",
          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "προσεισμός"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
          "word": "előrengés"
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          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
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          "word": "réamhchrith"
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          "alt": "ぜんしん",
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          "roman": "zenshin",
          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
          "word": "前震"
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          "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
          "word": "sismo inicial"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánzhèn",
      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
      "word": "前震"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
      "word": "esijäristys"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proseismós",
      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
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      "word": "προσεισμός"
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      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
      "word": "előrengés"
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      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
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      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
      "word": "前震"
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      "sense": "tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake",
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