Editing Foreshock (section)

== Examples of earthquakes with foreshock events ==
* The strongest recorded mainshock that followed a foreshock is the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake]], which had a magnitude of 9.5 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>W</sub>]].
{| class="wikitable sortable col1izq col2izq col3izq col4der col5der"
! Foreshock Date<br>(Delay)
! Magnitude<br>(Foreshock)
! Location
! Date
! Depth
! Magnitude<br>(Mainshock)
! Intensity<br>([[Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale|MMI]])
! Name
! Type
! Comments
|-
| April 4, 1904 (23 minutes)
| [[1904 Kresna earthquakes|6.3]] {{M|w|link=yes}}
| [[Blagoevgrad region]], [[Bulgaria]]
| April 4, 1904
| 15&nbsp;km
| 7.0 {{M|w}}
| X-XI
| [[1904 Kresna earthquakes]]
| [[Normal fault|Normal]]
| <ref name="Meyer_etal_2002">{{Cite journal |last1=Meyer |first1=B. |last2=Armijo |first2=R. |last3=Dimitroy |first3=D. |date=2002 |title=Active faulting in SW Bulgaria: possible surface rupture of the 1904 Struma earthquakes |journal=Geophysical Journal International |volume=148 |issue=2 |pages=246–255 |doi=10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01589.x|bibcode=2002GeoJI.148..246M |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|-
| May 21, 1960 (1 day)
| [[1960 Concepción earthquakes|7.9]] {{M|w}}
| [[Arauco Province (historical)|Arauco Province]], [[Chile]]
| May 22, 1960
| 35&nbsp;km
| 9.5 {{M|w}}
| XII
| [[1960 Valdivia earthquake]]
| [[Thrust fault|Thrust]]
| 
|-
| November 2, 2002 (2 years)
| [[2002 Sumatra earthquake|7.3]] {{M|w}}
| [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]
| December 26, 2004
| 30&nbsp;km
| 9.2 {{M|w}}
| IX
| [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]]
| Thrust
| 
|-
| October 20, 2006 (10 months)
| 6.4 {{M|w}}
| [[Ica Region]], [[Peru]]
| August 15, 2007
| 35&nbsp;km
| 8.0 {{M|w}}
| VIII
| [[2007 Peru earthquake]]
| Thrust
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igp.gob.pe/portal/images/documents/sismos/ise-2006/pisco_2006.pdf|title=El Sismo del 20 de Octubre de 2006|language= es|publisher=IGP}}</ref>
|-
| January 23, 2007 (3 months)
| 5.2 {{M|l|link=yes}}
| [[Aysén Region]], Chile
| April 21, 2007
| 6&nbsp;km
| 6.2 {{M|w}}
| VII
| [[2007 Aysén Fjord earthquake]]
| [[Strike-slip fault|Strike-slip]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sismologia.cl/events/sensibles/2007/01/23-2042-12L.S200701.html|title=Informe de sismo sensible|language=es|publisher=GUC}}</ref>
|-
| [[March 2011 Sanriku earthquake|March 9, 2011 (2 days)]]
| 7.3 {{M|w}}
| [[Miyagi Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| March 11, 2011
| 30&nbsp;km
| 9.0 {{M|w}}
| IX
| [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]
| Thrust
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usb0001r57/|title=Magnitude 7.3 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN|publisher=USGS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312171744/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usb0001r57/|archive-date=2011-03-12}}</ref>
|-

|-
| March 16, 2014 (15 days)
| 6.7 {{M|w}}
| [[Tarapacá Region]], Chile
| April 1, 2014
| 20.1&nbsp;km
| 8.2 {{M|w}}
| VIII
| [[2014 Iquique earthquake]]
| Thrust
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sismologia.cl/events/sensibles/2014/03/16-2116-30L.S201403.html|title=Informe de sismo sensible|language= es|publisher=GUC}}</ref>
|-
| April 14, 2016 (2 days)
| 6.2 {{M|w}}
| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]], Japan
| April 16, 2016
| 11&nbsp;km
| 7.0 {{M|w}}
| IX
| [[2016 Kumamoto earthquakes]]
| Strike-slip
| 
|-
| April 22, 2017 (2 days)
| 4.8 {{M|w}}
| [[Valparaíso Region]], Chile
| April 24, 2017
| 24.8&nbsp;km
| 6.9 {{M|w}}
| VII
| [[2017 Valparaiso earthquake]]
| Thrust
| 
|-
|July 4, 2019 (1 day)
|6.4 {{M|w}}
|[[California]], [[United States]]
|July 5, 2019
|10.7&nbsp;km
|7.1 {{M|w}}
|IX
|[[2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes]]
| Strike-slip
|<ref>{{cite web|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=July 4, 2019|access-date=July 9, 2019|title=M 4.0 - 11km SW of Searles Valley, CA|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443095/executive}}</ref>
|-
| December 28, 2020 (1 day)
| 5.2 {{M|w}}
| [[Central Croatia]]
| December 29, 2020
| 10&nbsp;km
| 6.4 {{M|w}}
| IX
| [[2020 Petrinja earthquake]]
| Strike-slip
| 
|-
|March 5, 2021 (2 hours)
|7.4 {{M|w}}
|[[Kermadec Islands]], [[New Zealand]]
|March 5, 2021
|55.6 km
|8.1 {{M|w}}
|VIII
|[[2021 Kermadec Islands earthquake]]
| Thrust
|
|}
* <small>'''Note''': dates are in local time</small>