当地时间10月8日上午9点左右，南亚次大陆发生里氏7.6级地震，包括印度、巴基斯坦、阿富汗等国家都有强烈震感，截至9日凌晨共有3000多人死亡。巴基斯坦北部山区是重灾区。外电报道如下：

The casualty toll¹ from the 7.6-magnitude tremor² was rising early Sunday as rescuers struggled to dig people from the wreckage³, their work made more difficult as rain and hail turned dirt and debris⁴ into sticky muck.

For hours, aftershocks rattled⁵ an area stretching from Afghanistan across northern Pakistan into India's portion of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. Hospitals moved quake victims onto lawns, fearing tremors⁶ could cause more damage.

报道中的aftershock的意思是"余震"，也就是大地震之后在同一地区发生的一系列小震级的地震。Aftershock还可以用来比喻"余悸"，如：The industry continued to reel from aftershocks of a disastrous⁷ year.（工业依旧受到灾年的余悸影响而摇摆不前。）