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

A shallow magnitude 7.7 quake hit central Myanmar and was followed minutes later by a magnitude 6.4 aftershock, toppling buildings and rupturing roads.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

A magnitude 2.8 aftershock occurred nearby two minutes later.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

“As I was crossing the bridge close to the hospital,” she later remembered, “an aftershock hit and the bridge swayed wildly. If the bridge collapsed, I knew I’d die...so I turned back.”

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland