earthquake sequence
C12538
concept
An earthquake sequence is a series of temporally and spatially related earthquakes, including mainshocks, foreshocks, and aftershocks, that occur as a fault system adjusts to stress changes in the Earth's crust.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| earthquake sequence canonical | 8 |
| earthquake activity | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: earthquake sequence
Generated description
An earthquake sequence is a series of temporally and spatially related earthquakes, including mainshocks, foreshocks, and aftershocks, that occur as a fault system adjusts to stress changes in the Earth's crust.
Instances (9)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes | — |
| 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence | — |
| California Coast Ranges seismicity | earthquake activity |
| 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes | — |
| 2012 Emilia earthquakes | — |
| 1783 Calabrian earthquakes | — |
| 2016 Central Italy earthquakes | — |
| 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes | — |
| 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes | — |