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Aftershock

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Aftershocks
possessive
Aftershock's
pluralpossessive
Aftershocks'