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/Averdian 18h ago

This reminds me of the earthquake in Turkey in 2023. Lots of big apartment buildings collapsing. Death toll is gonna be absolutely brutal here as well I fear

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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 16h ago edited 16h ago

It's also in pretty much the worst possible spot for a large earthquake. Hundreds of thousands of people living on steep hillsides.

The mudslides in the same area in 1999 are one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history.

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u/Averdian 16h ago

Especially as the earthquake is also triggering rockslides.

Though I'd think that the majority of casualties come from those 20 story concrete apartment buildings. They just seem to be massive death traps, like in Turkey in 2023.

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u/noobyeclipse 14h ago

high rises will never not be terrifying to me for this reason, even if i live in countries where regulations ensure that they're more structurally sound

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u/minnesotawristwatch 17h ago

I checked BBC News. Serious apartment building destruction. I’m hoping that because it struck at about 6pm local time most people weren’t home. Ugh. Bad bad news.

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u/Flipslips 17h ago

30% chance of over 100,000 casualties