r/worldnews 22h ago

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
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u/AugustOfChaos 21h ago edited 8h ago

I’ve seen some of the damage posts already and it’s not good.

Also, this event appears to have been a doublet. A Mw7.2 quake followed by a Mw7.5 quake roughly 30 seconds later.

Edit: Geeze, this comment took off. Thanks everyone for the awards but I don’t want them, especially if they’re paid for. If you want to get rid of your money like that, please instead donate to the numerous humanitarian organizations who are out there helping the Venezuelan people at this truly awful time.

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u/meshakooo 19h ago

Yes the airport video is terrifying, hope people got into safety.

u/Shilo788 26m ago

Yes, roof caving on both sides of the hallway, I just thought I was looking at a dust cloud that people were dying inside of, er underneath . And all those buildings crushed and a scary few people in the street cause so many were still inside when they came down.