Figure 5. In the 24 hours since the magnitude 7.0 struck, the aftershock zone extended to 50 kilometers. The largest aftershock as of this writing is a magnitude 5.8 quake. These attributes are typical for an event of this size. Earthquakes are from the USGS ANSS catalog. Credit: Temblor, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Figure 5. In the 24 hours since the magnitude 7.0 struck, the aftershock zone extended to 50 kilometers. The largest aftershock as of this writing is a magnitude 5.8 quake. These attributes are typical for an event of this size. Earthquakes are from the USGS ANSS catalog. Credit: Temblor, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Figure 5. In the 24 hours since the magnitude 7.0 struck, the aftershock zone extended to 50 kilometers. The largest aftershock as of this writing is a magnitude 5.8 quake. These attributes are typical for an event of this size. Earthquakes are from the USGS ANSS catalog. Credit: Temblor, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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