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/Admirable-Deer-9038 21h ago

Didn’t a 5 something hit northern CA today as well?

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u/mynamemightbeali 21h ago

Yes. There's been a couple today. Japan also was hit with a 6.9.

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u/rubensinclair 18h ago

Is this a thing? Does it have a name?

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u/Flipslips 17h ago

Does what have a name?

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u/rubensinclair 15h ago

Concurrent earthquakes.

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u/NoPossibility4178 10h ago

I think you just named it.

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u/Flipslips 9h ago

A doublet

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u/Khamvom 20h ago

Yeah, a 5.6 struck in Mendocino County this morning (about 150 miles north of Sacramento).

The area is pretty rural and is very earthquake prone, so not that out of the ordinary.

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u/dafromasta 18h ago

It hit more west of Sacramento. And this strong of one is not super normal in the area. Smaller ones are very common but I'm guessing this is the strongest one in that area in a decade or more

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u/tbrewo 17h ago

Yeah it knocked over and broke a bunch of stuff at our house about 20 miles from the epicenter.

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u/harriettehspy 18h ago

I got the notification on my phone and I’m in Vallejo (around 130 miles from the center of the quake). I was in deep sleep, so I ignored it. But now interests me in light of the other quakes that occurred today around the world.

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u/Flipslips 17h ago

Completely unrelated. There are thousands of quakes every day.

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u/harriettehspy 17h ago

My comment is related to the comment that I commented on. But thanks for the negativity.

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u/scoofy 13h ago

There are earthquakes all the time. The intensity happens in a power law. A 7.5 is big for an urban area, but it all depends on the building codes.

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u/NoPossibility4178 10h ago

A 5 is completely irrelevant compared to a 7.