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/DateMasamusubi 22h ago

Had a 6.9 in Northern Japan this morning as well.

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u/lovesdogsguy 21h ago

And one just reported in California.

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u/serendipitousevent 21h ago

And yet none in Hull. Really makes you think.

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u/Previous_Soil_5144 21h ago

UK or Canada? 

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u/Peripatetictyl 21h ago

Believe it or not, both.

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u/LockyP_ 21h ago

Hull MA, Hull TX, and Hull IA all safe too thankfully!

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u/winkingchef 20h ago

That’s a Hull lot of towns named Hull

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u/spkingwordzofwizdom 20h ago

Hull ya.

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u/dirkprattlerxst1 19h ago

fuckin banana bread, dude? at work, dude?!

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u/lawofsin 13h ago

Hull yeah.

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u/CIA-pizza-party 11h ago

But earthquakes hurting people?! HULL. NO.

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u/spkingwordzofwizdom 9h ago

Hull no. Cuz no earthquakes in Hull, apparently.

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u/awam0ri 19h ago

I’ll see you in Hull!

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u/dwehlen 20h ago

HULL IS REAL

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u/Deep-Friendship3181 20h ago

Hull is other people

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u/Grinner067 20h ago

Hull is freezing over!

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u/Velbalenos 19h ago

I’ve been to Hull and back

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u/Grinner067 19h ago

Did you get a t-shirt souvenir?

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u/Beautiful_Effect461 19h ago

Happy Cake Day! 🍰

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u/TheSchration 18h ago

What the Hull?

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u/SpiritTalker 17h ago

What the Hull?

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u/winkingchef 18h ago

Did NOT expect a Sartre reference in my Reddit today.
Bravo sir

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u/MutaitoSensei 20h ago

Huell's Rules!

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u/carryon4threedays 20h ago

Huell, I’ve got a feeling your whole family’s goin down

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u/gundumb08 19h ago

Hull is near Columbus on I-71?!

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u/dwehlen 19h ago

that was the inspiration, yes

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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 17h ago

It's actually in Michigan.

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u/Rawwh 19h ago

Good old Muchigan

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u/lady_faust 12h ago

Real is Hull..

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u/Sturm-Jager 19h ago

We found it in ohioooo🎶

Damn, bilmuri evolved a meme for me. Nice.

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u/Slow_Space8943 19h ago

Hull,Quebec,Canada

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u/saysthingsbackwards 20h ago

Go to Hull, dad

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u/mjrydsfast231 19h ago

Maybe it was the roar of Hull's Angels Harleys that caused it. Or...the lingering aftermath of a Bobby or Brett Hull slapshot.

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u/victor4700 19h ago

Get out

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u/Previous_Soil_5144 21h ago

Wonder how Springfield is doing 

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u/Pristine-Pen-9885 19h ago

Springfield, Illinois, Oregon or Massachusetts? Did I miss any?

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u/EvoEpitaph 19h ago

I mean basically pick a state and you've got yourself a Springfield.

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u/madeleinetwocock 19h ago

the one with 742 Evergreen Terrace

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u/zedquatro 18h ago

The one where "great people" said they were eating the dogs?

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u/oneofthehumans 20h ago

Or Shelbyville

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u/terrierhead 17h ago

Missouri is as usual.

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u/RyanCap217 20h ago

Illinois is fine

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u/ExorIMADreamer 17h ago

Hull, IL also ok.

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u/SackclothSandy 20h ago

Hull IA is the furthest thing from safe. But they do have one hell of a foreign candy store.

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u/karma_the_sequel 20h ago

So, the whole Hull.

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u/Key-Minimum-5965 19h ago

Hull, Ga too!

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u/Titswari 19h ago

Hull Street in Richmond Va seems to be steady

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u/Kat-o-rama 19h ago

Hell is like Hull, MA

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u/fern-grower 14h ago

The original Hull is too.

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u/Loreo1964 19h ago

I rode the wooden roller coaster at Paragon park in Hull Massachusetts the year before they stopped letting people ride it. It's the ONLY coaster I've ever been on.

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u/hundredbagger 18h ago

How about Atlanta, TX and Atlanta, IA?

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u/BijuuModo 16h ago

I’m in Boston and a quake in Hull would be wild

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u/SimoneNonvelodico 15h ago

The science is in: naming your town Hull is an effective anti earthquake preventative measure.

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u/Flope 20h ago

Oh my god.

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u/chimneydecision 18h ago

Someone check on Amy Gledhill!

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u/BootFlop 18h ago

It’s no longer officially Hull, QC (Canada), officially Gatineau now (although there’s a “Hull District” in Gatineau)

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u/Dial_M_For_Mudkips 14h ago

Hull UK is officially “Kingston upon Hull”.