After the earthquake, aftershocks came one after another, and residents didn't dare go home.
Tips
usage
Literary, and mostly met in fixed forms: 接踵而来 and 接踵而至 'to come one after another', and 摩肩接踵 'shoulders rubbing, heels touching', said of a packed crowd.
memory
踵 is the heel: in a dense crowd each person's toes 接 'meet' the heel of the person in front.
