Venezuela earthquakes live blog: Buildings collapse as quakes rock capital Caracas, ‘high casualties’ likely

A series of strong earthquakes have struck west of Venezuela’s capital Caracas, bringing down buildings and causing scientists to estimate “high casualties and extensive damage”. A magnitude-7.2 quake struck about 160 kilometres west of Caracas on Wednesday afternoon, according to Reuters, while a magnitude-7.5 tremor hit less than a minute later. Follow our live blog…

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Back-to-back powerful earthquakes slam Venezuela, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, local time, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas. The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and its epicentre was west of the community of Morón, located along the country’s Caribbean coast, about 168 kilometres west of Caracas.  The quake had a depth of 13 kilometres….

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7.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Venezuela

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