foreshocks

foreshocks

美 　英

• n.(大地震前的)預震
• 網絡前震

詞形變化

復數：foreshocks  

英漢解釋

n.	1. (大地震前的)預震

英英解釋

n.	1. a slight tremor or minor earthquake, often one of many and usually preceding a larger earthquake or volcanic eruption

例句

Zipingpu has such a system. A reservoir-triggered earthquake should have more foreshocks than a natural earthquake.

水庫誘發的地震應該比自然發生的地震有更多前震。

Apparently, by this time, reports of damage caused by the foreshocks had begun to trickle in.

顯然，此時，關于前震造成的破壞的報告正在陸續報告上來。

Be aware that some earthquakes are actually foreshocks and a larger earthquake might occur.

要注意一些地震實際上是前震，之后可能會發生更大的地震。

No one has been able to identify which earthquakes are foreshocks.

沒有人能夠識別哪些是地震，哪些是前震。

Even in areas where foreshocks are fairly common, there is no way of distinguishing a foreshock from an independent earthquake.

即使是在前震相當普遍的地區，也無法將前震與獨立地震區分開來。

Although the five foreshocks differed from each other in total magnitude, their waveforms were remarkably similar.

盡管這五次前震震級不同，然而它們的波形卻顯著相似。

Foreshocks are earthquakes which precede larger earthquakes in the same location.

前震是更大強度地震發生之前在同一位置發生的地震。

Last fall, a paper in Geology and Seismology reported that beforethe Wenchuan earthquake, there were many small foreshocks aroundthe dam.

去年秋天發表在GeologyandSeismology的一篇論文報道了汶川地震前水壩周圍確實有許多微小的前震。

The earthquake was preceded by foreshocks, including a 7. 2 magnitude earthquake that occurred two days earlier, about 25 miles away.

這次地震已有前震，包括兩天前在距此25英里遠處發生的一次7.2級地震。

What we can do is raise building standards and improve monitoring of foreshocks.

我們能做的就是提高建筑標準，改進地震前震的監測技術。

Number of confirmed foreshocks to the main shock:

已確認的前震到主震得數量：4個