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

An aftershock of magnitude 2.5 was reported at 5:54 a.m., followed by a magnitude 2.6 quake at 6:20 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

The aftershock is probably more memorable than the piece.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

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