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Why do afterschocks occur?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

I'm assuming you know how earthquakes occur and all an aftershock is a smaller earthquake after a larger one. If the "aftershock" is larger than the main shock it is reclassified as the main shock and the previous "main shock" becomes a foreshock.

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16y ago

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