Aftershocks could bring more powerful temblors to the area and yet more damage.
余震可能使该地区感到更强的震动,并造成更多损害。
In the 1970s, seismologists were surprised that an earthquake near Bishop, Calif., began a sequence of temblors around Mammoth Lakes that eventually spread over a diameter of more than 50 miles and included a half-dozen earthquakes of more than 6.0 magnitude.
加州毕夏普附近发生的一起地震,诱使猛犸象湖周围也跟着发生了一系列地震,方圆50英里外的地区都受到了波及,震级6.0及的余震就发生了6次。