aftershock

Example Sentences

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Last year’s 12-day war was followed by an inevitable aftershock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A powerful 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines late Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning was lifted, authorities said.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

The aftershock is probably more memorable than the piece.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

That was followed by a magnitude 3.4 aftershock at 5:04 p.m., with an epicenter about three-fifths of a mile to the southeast, beneath the residential street Somerset Lane, a few blocks from Upper Newport Bay.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

It feels like two comets have just collided headfirst into each other, and the aftershock of two hundred earthquakes rolls through my chest.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman