Sentence examples for main shock was from inspiring English sources

The US geological survey said the main shock was magnitude 8.6, which is extraordinarily high for a strike-slip fault.

Two hours after the main shock was felt, the area was hit by a magnitude-8.2 aftershock, probably caused by slippage along the same 125-mile fault.

The magnitude of the main shock was 7.7, resulting in about 10,000 buildings irreparably damaged and 7,500 partially damaged.

The main shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks that were detected and located by the Instituto Nazionale di Geofisca e Vulcanologia (INGV), using a portable network of seismometers.

This result suggests that triggering of aftershocks around the main shock was delayed.

We found that maximal response to the main shock was registered in the southeast sector.

The focal mechanism of the main shock is shown in the map.

The contour map of PGA during the Wenchuan main shock is also shown in Fig. 11.

Note that the PGA and PGV values at SNK for the main shock were observed by the authors.

The maximum slip and the moment magnitude of the main shock are about 60 m and Mw 9.0, respectively.

However, the predominant period of the main shock is slightly longer than that of the microtremor at the Togo Site.