The strongest quakes to hit Venezuela in more than a century, measuring up to magnitude 7.5, could not have come at a worse time for the country.

Both quakes measured over 7.0 magnitude, with tremors being felt as far as more than a thousand miles away in Brazil’s Amazon region.

Several earthquakes shook Venezuela's capital of Caracas on Wednesday afternoon,witnesses reported.

The quakes are among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century