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foreshock

earthquake that occurs before the larger mainshock, and is related to the latter in both time and space
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foreshock

Summary

foreshock is a type of earthquake[1]. foreshock draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_earthquake category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • foreshock's instance of is recorded as type of earthquake[3].
  • foreshock's followed by is recorded as mainshock[4].
  • foreshock's subclass of is recorded as earthquake[5].
  • foreshock's subclass of is recorded as warning[6].
  • foreshock's opposite of is recorded as aftershock[7].
  • foreshock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cbdf[8].
  • foreshock's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 147412999[9].
  • foreshock's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 前震[10].
  • foreshock's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C147412999[11].
  • foreshock's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as forshok-a3776e[12].

Why It Matters

foreshock draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_earthquake category, ranking #4 of 19).[2] foreshock has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). foreshock. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foreshock
MLA “foreshock.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foreshock.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foreshock_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{foreshock}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foreshock}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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