An earthquake is the movement of the tectonic plates, the little quake that happens after the main quake is called the aftershock.
Aftershocks. If an aftershock is stronger than the original earthquake, it takes its place and trhe last earthquake becomes a pre-shock.
A smaller earthquake that follows a larger one is called an aftershock.
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Aftershocks.
Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes that occur after a larger event (the mainshock) in the same area. If an even larger earthquake occurs, then the original mainshock becomes a foreshock and the bigger event becomes the mainshock.
Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes that occur after a larger earthquake in the same area. They are a result of the earths crust near the fault rupture readjusting as a result of the main earthquake (also known as the "main shock").
This is known as an aftershock.
Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes that follow a larger one in the same area. They occur due to the area settling down and getting used to the new state of stress that was brought about by the mainshock.
It's a smaller (or sometimes larger) earthquake after the main earthquake
These are smaller earthquakes that happen after a larger earthquake. We call them after shocks because they always come after and are usually smaller.
Aftershocks.
Yes the smaller earthquakes that immediately follow major earthquakes are known as aftershocks.
These are known as aftershocks.
earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake are called "aftershocks" as to small earthquakes before large earthquakes are called "foreshocks".
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Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes that occur after a larger event (the mainshock) in the same area. If an even larger earthquake occurs, then the original mainshock becomes a foreshock and the bigger event becomes the mainshock.
By definitiona an aftershock is always smaller than the larger earthquake that preceeded it. If an earthquake then occurs that is of larger magnitude and related to the prior seismic activity it is redesignated as the mainshock and all pre-recording quakes are re-designated as foreshocks.
The larger the magnitude of the earthquake, the larger the energy to be released by the earthquake.
The amplitude of a magnitude 8 earthquake is 100 times larger than a magnitude 6 earthquake.