• Breaking: Venezuela hit by magnitude-7.3 earthquake, buildings evacuated
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https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-hit-by-magnitude-73-earthquake-buildings-evacuated/a-45170183 A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake hit the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, forcing people to evacuate their homes and offices as far away as in the capital of Caracas. The US Geological Survey said Tuesday's quake had a depth of 76 miles (123 kilometers), while its epicenter was around 12 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of the Venezuelan city of Yaguaraparo. The US Pacific Tsunami Center, meanwhile, warned that the deep earthquake could lead to small tsunami waves along the country's coastline. It remains unclear just how much damage was caused by the earthquake. A witness in Cumana, one of the biggest cities near the quake's epicenter, said several people were injured in a shopping center when an escalator collapsed, although there appeared to be no immediate signs of further damage in the vicinity. It is thought that the quake occurred deep enough below ground to have dampened the most of the shaking. Nevertheless, reports suggest that the rumbles were also felt as far away as the Colombian capital of Bogota in the east and the nearby islands of Trinidad and Tobago and St Lucia to the northwest. Local television also captured how the quake interrupted Diosdado Cabello, the head of Venezuela's all-powerful constitutional assembly in Caracas, as he was delivering a speech. The strong tremors also briefly halted a pro-government rally in the capital in support of a series economic reforms introduced on Monday by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. "I’m relieved that it doesn’t seem like damage was that bad," telemarketing worker Sheny Fuentes told the Reuters news agency. "We would have been even more affected (given Venezuela’s economic crisis) — there are already people eating from the garbage and buildings aren’t well made."
The people of Venezuela just can't catch a break, I hope the damage wasn't too great. Watch as the government blames the US for the earthquake like they do all their other problems.
There are no reports of any deaths or injuries much less reporting of infrastructure damage, But there are reports that the tremor was sensed even in Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago and also Funvisis (The Venezuelan Geological center) They say it was magnitude 6.0 but everyone (including the US as in the news) clarifies that it was 7.3
I saw posts yesterday how the world's seismic activity was going nuts and there was a bunch of quakes in asia and it seems to still be going crazy: Heliplots
Jesus, they can't catch a break can they?
"The filthy americans used their earthquake machine to destabilize our infrastructure. Behold the evil machinations of their capitalist empire:" https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/205174/ce717f3d-af86-465e-9e91-865ba1be5b32/image.png
It is not necessary they spend their "It's US fault" excuse with the USA hospital ship sent to Colombia to help Venezuelans there. with the excuse of "Those US imperialists are sending a warship full of troops disguised as a hospital ship with the excuse of sending it to Colombia! Funnily enough, there's only one person that my mom knows and sent her a message that say that the earthquake is proof of a new "US experimental weapon"
Update here. another magnitude- 5.7 earthquake just happened right now (The colombian seismology center reports it was magnitude-5.9.) Again, no injured or deceased persons reported https://twitter.com/FUNVISIS/status/1032260159286992896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw According to information published by Funvisis through his Twitter account, the epicenter of the quake was 9 kilometers from Yaguaraparo, Sucre state, and had a depth of 22.9 kilometers. The Colombian Geological Service also recorded seismic movement, but with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale. This would be a new replica of the earthquake that took place on Tuesday 21 August, whose epicentre was also Yaguaraparo and had a magnitude of 6.9.
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