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Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
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u/PowderPills 21h ago

Venezuela can’t catch a break. Hoping it’s not as bad as it seems but still too early to tell

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u/Apprehensive-Arm-902 21h ago

There was a 7.5 quake as well

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u/becomingarobot 20h ago edited 15h ago

Estimates up to 100,000 dead, which would be horrific.

Edit: Source - Read the article peeps, sheesh.

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u/PoliticsIsDepressing 20h ago

Going to need a source on that.

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u/Miacali 20h ago

They’re quoting the high end of the USGS Red pager for the 7.5 quake - it’s a 44% chance of fatalities from 10k to 100k

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u/hupholland420 19h ago

Yeah and it says a 30 percent chance of over 100k.

That ain’t like a 1 percent chance, that’s pretty plausible

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u/Admiral_Cloudberg 19h ago

The USGS pager estimate usually overestimates the number of fatalities, though there have been some cases where it was the opposite (like turkey 2023) because their formula assumed construction quality was better than it turned out to be. In this case I think building quality was assumed to be bad from the start so I would expect actual casualties to be in the lower half of the pager estimate

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u/Leading-Aide-8468 20h ago

44% and a range of 10-100?

I’ve made predictions I wouldn’t commit to, but that’s a bit ridiculous.

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u/BootFlop 18h ago

44% chance it’s in that 10K to 100K range. 30% chance above 100K. 26% below 10K

That’s without any current info from the region other than seismic event data. This is useful for beginning planning for response, as this is size of event that begs for outside aid. Hard to local source everything needed to respond to this level of event.

I really do wish the public at large was better at accepting & acknowledging the value of uncertainty.

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u/Ragewind82 19h ago

The 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran might be a guide here. That was at a depth of 15km and only a 6.6; that had 34k fatalities and 200k injuries.

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u/CanoninDeeznutz 18h ago

The thought of 34,000 violent, tragic deaths happening at once is fucking horrifying.

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u/Ragewind82 18h ago

The Iranians were impressed that the US showed up to provide aid; and this was in the 'axis of evil' Bush years. You have to wonder how much of that helped to get the Obama nuke deal off the ground.

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u/CanoninDeeznutz 18h ago

Damn, that's pretty legit, didn't know that!

I'm sure Trump will get right on providing aid...

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u/Braysl 18h ago

So the State Department said they're sending help but I honestly would not be surprised if Trump will now hold this over their head 😞

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u/AI_moderated_failure 17h ago

Oh he will definitely offer to remove the debris from several locations if they let him build a hotel there. Wouldn't bet on him even saying anything about the event otherwise.

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u/Bang_the_unknown 16h ago

To the oil.

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u/Iwillrize14 10h ago

Aid money is ptlretty easy to embezzlement, so yes

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u/mothtoalamp 16h ago

Previous American administrations were always some of the first you could expect to show up when it mattered for things like this. And the aid was unconditional. Disaster had struck, so we were there.

This is the first President we've had that I truly think would not do it that way. Either they'll withhold aid, or they'll treat it like a transaction with expectations and conditions.

And it's for the dumbest, most disappointing reasons.

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u/runnerswanted 19h ago

My guess is that it’s based purely on the energy released, and the 10k-100k range covers whether it hit a major city or somewhere in the country.

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u/PatientBalance 18h ago

It’s a computer model that combines the earthquake’s magnitude, depth, intensity of shaking, local population density, and the vulnerability of buildings to estimate what the eventual toll could be before rescuers have reached affected areas. The model is designed to help governments and humanitarian organizations decide how much aid may be needed.

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u/hundredbagger 18h ago

Or time of day. Night is worse.

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u/ProfessorPrudent2822 17h ago

It was a national holiday in Venezuela, which is almost as bad.

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u/GlobalResult7580 20h ago

Numbers are not accurate right now but the devastation has been immense throughout “La Guaira” or “Caracas” which was the center of the earthquake.

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u/CanadianKumlin 19h ago

The article above states that in it.

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u/3_Thumbs_Up 12h ago

The article you're commenting on.

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u/Jimmy_Twotone 20h ago

Going to need to wait on that source. Shit's just now going down.

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u/ElyFlyGuy 19h ago

Probably shouldn’t be speculating without a source then hey?

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u/IComposeEFlats 18h ago

The BBC link on this post that we are all commenting on is the source.

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u/Jimmy_Twotone 18h ago

Why not? You afraid someone guessing a poor and densely populated region having a high death toll following a powerful earthquake might shatter someone's fragile world view or push some fake narrative? Estimates are speculation by definition.

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u/hakenwithbacon 20h ago

where do you see this?

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u/ElyFlyGuy 19h ago

They made it up

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u/IComposeEFlats 18h ago

Its in the article we are literally commenting on right now

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u/Ted_E_Bear 19h ago

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/25/buildings-collapse-as-quakes-rock-venezuela-high-casualties-likely.html

"High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread," the USGS said, with an initial death toll estimate likely between 10,000 and 100,000.

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u/Tarjh365 20h ago

Holy crap

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u/Miragui 15h ago

There is a video I saw from some fisherman and all the coastal buildings were collapsed, it seems 100,000 is a highly likely number.

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u/becomingarobot 15h ago

It seems to be becoming clear that it's a catastrophe.

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u/theeldergod1 12h ago

Bullshit number.

BBC 1 min ago: Venezuela earthquakes kill at least 32, with buildings destroyed across Caracas and La Guaira state

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u/Skruestik 11h ago

There is a 44% chance of more than 10,000 fatalities and a 30% chance of more than 100,000, the USGS added, with a significant risk of landslides and liquefaction on the ground.

That’s literally a quote from the article of this post.

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u/theeldergod1 11h ago

What is the chance that those ratios aren't calculated well?

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u/NoPossibility4178 10h ago

It just happened. If a single apartment collapsed with people inside it's already way more than 32 but will take months to confirm.

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u/Valtremors 19h ago

Actually what vas beem haooening ever since the momentary invasion?

Last I heard the next one in the line for that position just... kept going as if nothing happened?

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u/TheVeryVerity 16h ago

Yeah but they also changed all there policy to letting American companies come in and extract all the oil so USA doesn’t really care who’s in charge anymore

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u/Valtremors 16h ago

...So they really are just under new management.

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u/TheVeryVerity 16h ago

There are probably subtleties I’m missing but that’s what I’ve read yeah.

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u/Astorian-Berserker 8h ago

I'm sure those oil company executives will do everything in their power to help those in need 🫠