Synonyms for aftershock
ˈæf tərˌʃɒk, ˈɑf-af·ter·shock

Princeton's WordNet

1. aftershocknoun

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

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1. • Tremor

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1. List of paraphrases for "aftershock":

   tremor, quake, replica

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1. Mariko Hall:

   In situations like now where you have an aftershock, you can speak to teams and they can say 'you know what, we're OK, we're fine'.

2. Brad Uhl of Atlanta:

   There was just a big explosion and then an aftershock so strong you could feel the wind from it, it was just a flash out of the corner of the eye. It was raining and everyone was huddled near the tree.

3. Abdurrahman Alomar:

   I’m sorry, as I’m talking to you, a new aftershock is happening.

4. Victor Abdullatif:

   They're still scary because you almost don't know, 'Is this going to be a full earthquake?' You have to kind of have faith that it's just an aftershock.