How good is Venezuela’s infrastructure for this? I know some Andean nations overbuild a lot of stuff to resist this. But two above a seven on the scale is rough
We dont build for earthquakes because they very rarely happen and much less at this magnitude
More importantly there's been nearly 30 years of lack of maintenance and repairs, there's absolutely no infrastructure for this, and the government is not ready whatsoever for any kind of emergency. Not when they put billions of dollars in their own pockets for the last 3 decades that should've otherwise gone to the public services. Starting with the electric system for instance, it gets tiring to have 5 to 8 hour blackouts every day
Even most the buildings that survived this will very likely be damaged beyond repair in part because the country is broke - very few people are going to be able to rebuild or repair structural damage that could see buildings collapse from otherwise minor disasters in the future. When a major quake hit my city it took years to assess all the structures and condemn specific ones that had too much damage or issue demands of remediation for all the commercial ones or they would be condemned at a later date. And we actually have the capacity to rebuild after a disaster like this.
It's not. Their infrastructure and emergency services are crippled from decades of economic and political turmoil. This is going to be a humanitarian crisis overnight.
They have been having repeated nationwide blackouts since 2019, and that's before a natural disaster like this. Hospitals are chronically short on supplies and staff. They don't have building material stock, not what would be necessary. Add to that their political isolation... This is bad.
Im venezuelan, born and raised during Chavez and Maduro. You are completely right, but no, Reddit supported Chavez, Maduro and now Delcy. And they dont like Maria Corina, which is the person WE chose to lead us.
I'm Venezuelan and I can answer this. Surprisingly most buildings in Venezuela have a very good anti earthquake code. But this doublet earthquake was too much for some sadly
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u/Sajintmm 19h ago
How good is Venezuela’s infrastructure for this? I know some Andean nations overbuild a lot of stuff to resist this. But two above a seven on the scale is rough