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Strong aftershocks will shake cities, towns and villages for several weeks to come, also impeding the likely chaotic recovery efforts.
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Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
An aftershock of magnitude 6.7 was recorded about 11 minutes later, the first of several sizable tremors that followed the first one.
—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The epicenter of the quake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, and was followed by several aftershocks, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
The earthquake was immediately followed by several aftershocks measuring up to 3.0 magnitude.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 Mar. 2025
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Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
An aftershock of magnitude 6.7 was recorded about 11 minutes later, the first of several sizable tremors that followed the first one.
—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The epicenter of the quake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, and was followed by several aftershocks, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
The earthquake was immediately followed by several aftershocks measuring up to 3.0 magnitude.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftershock
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The biggest shock to anyone standing within that path and having clear weather — which certainly wasn’t everyone on April 8, 2024 — was the sight of the sun's corona, its wispy white outer atmosphere.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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His dissertation for his Harvard University economics PhD – appropriately for the current moment – was about how South Korea’s economy could weather external shocks.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article GAINESVILLE — Coach Todd Golden’s iPhone was blowing up, eventually settling at 330 text messages in the afterglow of his first championship at Florida.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Last summer, in the afterglow of a record fourth consecutive English league title, Manchester City didn’t feel the need to do much.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Myanmar’s quake is as close to a no-show as the nation has had in recent memory at a major, accessible natural disaster.—
Ellen Knickmeyer and David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The quake struck at 9:23 p.m. about five miles south-southeast of the city in San Benito County, the USGS reported.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Nobody could have predicted the repercussions of the coronavirus, nor did anyone have a true sense of what would and wouldn’t work during this unprecedented time.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Deep repercussions for abrupt acts The actions have had immediate effects.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2025
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Have large foreshocks happened in California before? About half of California's biggest earthquakes in history have been preceded by foreshocks.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
7 Aug. 2024
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As always, there’s a 5% chance of today’s quake being a foreshock to a bigger one.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2024
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Meanwhile, the long-term fallout of Trump's existing tariff announcements is yet to be seen.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This Club name has been hit hard by tariff fallout, including a questionable probe by Chinese regulators.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, the Denver Nuggets made headlines across the NBA by parting ways with both their championship-winning head coach, Michael Malone, and general manager, Calvin Booth—a move that surprised many and sent tremors through the league.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Volunteers and witnesses contacted by CNN reported hearing or seeing multiple air strikes in different areas of Myanmar in the days immediately following the tremor.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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In his call, Howie rode the rhetorical surplus of the inning’s rising action into the denouement of Alonso’s homer.—
Joshua Dubler,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Others, not without justice, will skip the climax and denouement altogether, so obviously and suddenly does the production betray its early triumphs.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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