Examples of 'main shock' in a sentence

Meaning of "main shock"

main shock: used in the context of an earthquake to denote the primary or most significant tremor experienced

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They are smaller than the main shock.
The main shock was followed by five days of damaging aftershocks.
A series of strong aftershocks followed the main shock.
The main shock lasted for a duration of nearly a minute.
It is usually smaller in magnitude than the main shock.
The main shock originated southeast of Ambato.
Most of these are smaller than the main shock.
The main shock is reported to have lasted for two minutes in Malta.
Send us pictures or videos of the main shock effects.
The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay.
There were two aftershocks following the main shock.
The main shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX Violent.
Some houses which had already been damaged in the main shock collapsed.
The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area north of Port Alberni.
The biggest shaking that occurs in an earthquake is called the main shock.

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So, it could simply be a main shock with some aftershocks.
He quickly came out from underground and barely dodged the main shock wave.
The main shock and subsequent aftershocks lasted up to 30 minutes.
The frequency of aftershocks decreases roughly with the reciprocal of time after the main shock.
The strong shaking of the main shock lasted about 42 seconds.
However, they are not foreshocks to the main shock.
The main shock was followed five minutes later by a 3.0 aftershock in the same spot.
Or worse, it was a foreshock before the main shock.
The main shock hit Bucharest between noon and 1 pp . m.
There were three separate shocks, each with increasing intensity, culminating in the main shock.
The main shock with moment magnitude 6.9 Mw is highlighted in dark blue.
However, the size of these aftershocks matters which can be larger than the main shock.
The main shock lasted at least 30 seconds.
This came 9 minutes after the main shock.
The Japan Meteorological Agency corrected the magnitude of the main shock of the earthquake to 9.0.
A magnitude 52 aftershock occurred approximately 25 minutes after the main shock.
The initial blast of sound is the magnitude 9.0 main shock.
The largest aftershock of magnitude 5.9 occurred 30 minutes after the main shock.
The gear leg 14 more particularly comprises a strut 16 integrating a main shock absorber.

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