precursory

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"There are some cases where there are dramatic and very distinctive precursory seismic signals that precede a catastrophic landslide, sometimes by as much as days," Highman noted.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

These observations suggest perhaps there really are precursory signals for at least some huge quakes.

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2023

But researchers said there are few large-scale earthquakes to study in California and that makes it difficult to indicate whether precursory signals at one fault would apply to others.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Not only does immobile magma stay silent, but the molten mass was already so close to the surface that should the flank have broken apart, it would have immediately erupted without the usual precursory clamor.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

In the precursory stage, which lasts about three months, there is general uneasiness, restlessness, anxiety, sleeplessness, and mental depression, often of a religious type.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.