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fore shock

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fore⋅shock

[fawr-shok, fohr-]
–noun Geology.
a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.

Origin:
1900–05; fore- + shock 1
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