Editing Aftershock (section)

===Gutenberg–Richter law===
[[File:GR law b=1.svg|thumb|250px|Gutenberg–Richter law for ''b''&nbsp;=&nbsp;1]]
[[File:2016 Central Italy earthquake (magnitude).svg|thumb|Magnitude of the [[August 2016 Central Italy earthquake|Central Italy earthquake of August 2016]] (red dot) and aftershocks (which continued to occur after the period shown here)]]
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Aftershock sequences also typically follow the Gutenberg–Richter law of size scaling, which refers to the relationship between the magnitude and total number of earthquakes in a region in a given time period.

: <math>\!\,N = 10^{a - b M}</math>

Where:
* <math>N </math> is the number of events greater or equal to <math> M </math>
* <math>M </math> is magnitude
* <math>a </math> and <math>b </math> are constants
In summary, there are more small aftershocks and fewer large aftershocks.