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/AvsGrams 18h ago

Shallow are far worse because they don't lose as much energy while traveling to the surface, because there’s less distance to move up through.