Chinese Vocabulary
前震
foreshock
qiánzhèn
Usage
A small earthquake that precedes a larger main shock. 前 (before) + 震 (quake). Not every major quake has 前震 — and in hindsight, the May 17 trio in Liunan clearly were.
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前震 appears in 2 podcast episodes at natural native speed, with full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.