aftershock
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The state issued a strong warning urging residents to prepare for a large aftershock, and urged residents to stay off the freeways if possible.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Jose Mago, a 35-year-old lawyer, said a powerful aftershock Thursday sent him and his family into the street—they had slept on the sidewalk the night before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
It is not a mere aftershock from Callais, but a separate earthquake of the same or perhaps even greater magnitude.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
"I was expecting an aftershock, just like with an earthquake. That's how panicked I was."
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
I’m then slapped with what feels like a gigantic wall of sunsum—an aftershock of the undoubtedly massive amount of power that Amokye holds.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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