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noun
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
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Notwithstanding, it may be easier to address the issue by restricting the subject to aftershock sequences.
This study compares the performances of three types of repair jackets on mainshock (MS) earthquake-damaged RC bridge columns subjected to aftershock (AS) attacks.
The penalized MLE method is then used to simultaneously invert for both the background rate (mu (t)) and other ETAS model parameters related to aftershock activity.
Open image in new window Fig. 5 a stress state in the repair jacket along the shear crack for confining pressure from hybrid jacket and prestressing strands, b increase of shear deformations due to widening of shear cracks in an RC column with existing damage subjected to aftershock attacks.
Although the ride lost out to Aftershock at Silverwood Theme Park, Theme Park Review's Robb Alvey believed Montu would beat the competition which also included SeaWorld Orlando's Manta and Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Alpengeist.
Marts explains the work he did before moving to AfterShock: "I was working at Marvel comics as their executive editor, running both the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy franchises.
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Some longtime market observers attribute the skittishness to aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis.
But they have warned with increasing urgency that the site remains extremely vulnerable to aftershocks, which could be powerful enough to set off another tsunami.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission had expressed concern in a recent report that the damaged nuclear power plant could prove unusually vulnerable to aftershocks.
It should be noted that coseismic offsets due to aftershocks are included at some sites.
Many small phases, corresponding to aftershocks, are observed in Fig. 8(a).
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