Telegraph.co.uk
| Nov 11, 2012
Myanmar was rocked by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that is said to be the biggest earthquake in the region for 20 years. The initial tremor was felt as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok, and was followed by two magnitude 5 aftershocks.
Russia Today
| Sep 7, 2012
A series of earthquakes hit rural southwestern China on Friday, collapsing homes and triggering landslides. At least 50 people were killed, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 12, 2012
Rescue teams in Iran are trying to find survivors after two earthquakes killed more than 250 people in the northwestern region of the country. More than 100 villages and towns were hit by the two powerful earthquakes and aftershocks. Al Jazeera'...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 7, 2012
Rescue workers in the Philippines are searching for dozens of people feared killed by a powerful earthquake that triggered landslides and toppled buildings on the heavily populated islands of Negros and Cebu.
| Apr 15, 2011
Japanese government scientists are concerned that another massive earthquake could be on the way. Aftershocks are continuing to shake Japan's northeast coast on an almost daily basis. On Thursday morning a tremor measuring 6.1 was registered. ...
— May 10 at 08:04 am
...are more dangerous things than Mother Nature in Aftershock. Like a real natural disaster, Aftershock strikes without warning and inflicts its da...
— May 9 at 07:07 pm
...a la last year's "The Impossible," and forgotten about the human baddies. How do you survive in a foreign country, where you don't speak the lan...
— May 10 at 10:52 am
...half-dozen now find themselves in the midst of a pretty shabby hell, dealing with a natural disaster, bloody anarchy and ugly puncture wounds. A...
An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake, in the same area of the main shock. If an aftershock is larger than the main shock, the aftershock is redesignated as the main shock and the original main shock is redesignated as a foreshock. Aftershocks are formed as the crust around the displaced fault plane adjusts to the effects of the main shock.
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