aftershock

Example Sentences

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The BGS confirmed the quake was an aftershock of a 3.3 magnitude earthquake which hit the area at the start of December.

From BBC

That quake resulted in aftershocks that also reactivated seismic activity around Joshua Tree.

From Los Angeles Times

When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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 Literature

In the moments after the earthquake, smaller, secondary earthquakes, called aftershocks, continued to rattle the landscape.

From Literature