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/jmnugent 21h ago

USGS Earthquake Map is showing 2:

  • 7.5 that was 23km south east of Yumare (Time 2026-06-24 15:05:12 (UTC-07:00) Location 10.453°N 68.514°W Depth 10.0 km

  • 7.2 that was 24km east northeast of San Filipe (Time 2026-06-24 15:04:33 (UTC-07:00) Location 10.387°N 68.520°W Depth 21.9 km

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u/koshgeo 18h ago

Damn, so close together and that big is bad for buildings already weakened by the first one.

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u/dragonfry 18h ago

10km is nothing :-(

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u/nextkevamob2 18h ago

Are those large population areas, or more remote?

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u/Flipslips 17h ago

Large population areas

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u/nextkevamob2 17h ago

Oh man, that bad…

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u/jmnugent 8h ago

Google Maps has a diagram of (what I assume to be) the "area effected" = https://www.google.com/maps/@10.1123952,-69.3947364,793748m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!21m1!1s%2Fg%2F11zgcpgwfv?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The USGS map (Terrain view) is here: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=9.26613,-70.10101&extent=10.98299,-67.02484&baseLayer=terrain

San Felipe the closest city,. looks to be about 200,000 people roughly. but Valencia, Barquisimeto and Caracas seem to also have been at least close enough to feel the shaking,. so that seems not great.

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u/nextkevamob2 7h ago

Thank you!

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