aftershock
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Monday's aftershock again shook La Guaira and the capital Caracas and was measured at magnitude 4.6.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
Now, he’s doing whatever he can to keep his fragile life’s work intact, knowing it is one errant aftershock away from shattering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the aftershock.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
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
But it was Texas quarterback Arch Manning whose disastrous outing brought the biggest aftershocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Several large aftershocks, one a magnitude-6 tremor, were recorded.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
According to the team, earthquakes on the two separate fault systems provide the best explanation for how the doublets formed, rather than aftershocks or other processes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Many local residents were seen rushing out of their homes into the streets, fearing strong aftershocks.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The former crested with fearsome rapidity; the latter sometimes took more than a century to tamp down, and it was followed by many aftershocks.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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