Correspondence to
Foreshocks, Main Shock and Aftershock Period
Nevertheless, the first
foreshock before the August 10 main event did not precede the water level anomaly, and the October 25 main event was not accompanied by any
foreshocks, only by a series of five aftershocks.
Dependent events, such as
foreshocks and aftershocks, in a sequence of earthquake events have to be identified before the earthquake risk can be estimated.
These events encouraged me to become a geophysicist--to seek to understand the fundamental physics of earthquakes and learn, for example, why
foreshocks preceded the quake in Haicheng, but not in Tangshan.
"Statistical Features of
Foreshocks in Comparison with Other Earthquake Clusters." Geophysical Journal International.
The fracture of individual asperities has similar characteristics to the sequence of natural earthquakes, consisting of
foreshocks, mainshock, and aftershocks.
Think of them as signs of stress,
foreshocks, as more powerful forces interact under the surface due to transformations in the technology of news distribution and, with this, the economics of journalism.
Meanwhile, racial tensions strained nearly to breaking as the
foreshocks of the civil rights movement erupted.
All the signs of catastrophe are there, but most of the people are oblivious to the
foreshocks. Almost a decade after attempts to educate the public about this disease began, statistics bear testimony to a bleak future.
For example, the question about the causes of earthquakes not only produces an illustrated explanation of seismic tremors, it also points the reader to articles on earthquake prediction, seismological differences between earthquakes and underground nuclear explosions, and on phenomena related to earthquakes, such as after shocks,
foreshocks, and swarms.