gempa utama

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From gempa (“earthquake, shock”) +‎ utama (“main”). Calque of English mainshock. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡəmˈpa ˈʊt̪ama] === Noun === gempa utama (seismology) the largest earthquake in a sequence. Sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity; mainshock