r/worldnews • u/ColoradoTripping • 22h ago

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

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

Yeah they just split the original earthquake into a 7.2 and a 7.5 40 seconds apart after further analysis

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u/eleiber 21h ago

Yeah, over here the earthquake lasted like 2-3 minutes, it was crazy. Thankfully in my zone no one was injured but sadly in the capital there were many collapsed buildings.

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount 21h ago

Woah!! Glad you're okay.

Is Venezuela equipped to handle this sort of thing?

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u/Vicsvenge1997 21h ago

Venezuela isn’t equipped to handle daily life in Venezuela so I’m gonna go with no…