It appears the two big earthquakes in Venezuela that occurred in rapid succession may have involved two separate fault lines. Several faults intersect in this tectonically complex region.
What made the deadly Venezuelan earthquakes different
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People and rescuers work on the debris of a collapsed building in Caracas after a pair of strong earthquakes struck Venezuela.
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On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more…
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake and a 7.5-magnitude were less than a minute apart, said the U.S. Geological Survey. The second…
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