They were already under stress, thanks to the aftershock of last year's drought.

去年干旱的余波已经给他们造成压力了。

What is an aftershock?

余震是什么？

The largest so far was a 6.9 magnitude aftershock.

到目前为止的最大余震为6.9级。

The aftershock spread well beyond derivatives.

这拨动荡产生的余震已经远远超出衍生品范围。

Applegate said, the magnitude 8.9 quake was an aftershock.

Applegate说，从理论上讲，这次的8.9级地震算是一次余震。

An aftershock jolted me awake with the thud of collapsing buildings.

我在一阵余震的晃动下醒来，周围响起建筑物坍塌的声音。

In Mae Sai, an aftershock rattled local residents at 5:37 on Saturday morning.

在梅塞，星期六早晨5：37居民们被余震吓了一跳。

A powerful aftershock occurred at 01:15 local time Tuesday (2315 GMT Monday).

一次较为强力的余震发生于周二凌晨一点十五分。

Even now, as I write these words, the hotel is swaying from yet another aftershock.

就在现在，在我写这些话的时候，酒店在又一场余震中晃动起来。

It is rare, though not unheard of, to have a quake followed by a larger aftershock.

一次地震后接着发生更强的余震，这虽不是前所未闻，但确实罕有。

Unnoticed damage could lead to fire or injury from falling debris during an aftershock.

一些不被注意的破坏可能会导致火灾，余震之后掉落的碎片会砸伤人。

The second aspect of work is the cognition of the aftershock development tendency.

第二方面是对余震发展趋势的认识。

It is rare, though not unheard of, to have an earthquake followed by a larger aftershock.

但余震震级大于主震，这实属罕见，虽然之前也听说过。

I do think the computer industry will sustain some aftershock if the other economic shoe drops.

我的确认为计算机工业将受到其它行业的波及和影响。

This result has a certain reference value for forecasting of main shock and the maximum aftershock.

该结果对主震和最大余震的预测具有一定的参考价值。

Even people whose homes remained whole chose to sleep outside, lest they be caught in another aftershock.

甚至那些房屋保存完好的人们都选择在外面过夜，以防余震的袭击。

Technically, that strong shaking was an aftershock of the devastating 9.0 temblor that hit the nation nearly a month ago.

严格的说，那次强震属于差不多一个月前袭击这个国家的灾难性9.0级地震的余震。

Entitled Aftershock, it's a massive, mawkish adaptation of Zhang Ling's eponymous 2006 novel of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.

他的新片《唐山大地震》规模宏大而又催人泪下，改变自作家张翎2006年描写1976年唐山大地震的小说《余震》。

A Beijinger said he felt the aftershock, too, from his 25th floor office. Residents on lower floors did not feel the tremor.

一个北京人说他在25层的办公室也有震感，楼层较低的居民们没有感觉。

Although he had been trapped by an aftershock rather than the initial earthquake, the man is the longest survivor so far under the rubble.

虽然困住这名男子的不是最初的大地震，而是一次余震，但他已经成为被埋得最久的幸存者。

Aftershocks are generally weaker than the main quake, but buildings that have already been damaged are prone to collapse in an aftershock.

通常余震比主震弱，但是，在主震中受损的建筑往往因余震倒塌。

"There's a significant probability of having an aftershock in the magnitude 7 range," which could be potentially destructive, says Dr. Benz.

本兹说，发生一次7级左右的余震的可能性非常大。而这样的余震可能会有较大的破坏力。

On Monday morning, an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.5 off the coast of northeast Honshu triggered a tsunami alert, which was later canceled.

周一的早上，本州北部海域发生了6.5级余震，拉响了海啸警报。但警报随后被取消。

But then their Numbers dropped again, remaining low until two days after the last major aftershock - a full 10 days after the first tremor.

但是他们的数量又降到很低，直到最后一次较强余震的两天之后，那时距离第一次地震已经过去整整十天了。

"Besides it being the biggest strike-slip earthquake ever recorded, the aftershock is the second biggest as far as we can tell," said Sieh.

他说：“这是记录在册的最大的走滑型地震，其余震也是我们所知的第二大余震。”