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Mainshock

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016289

The mainshock is the largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by one or more foreshocks, and almost always followed by many aftershocks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016289
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Earthquake Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016289",
  "term": "Mainshock",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The mainshock is the largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by one or more foreshocks, and almost always followed by many aftershocks.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Earthquake Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mainshock/"
}

Record 16,289 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.