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August 2018 Venezuela earthquake

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earthquake has turned into 78093.3. The strongest in history". There were also comments despairing that in the social media videos of supermarkets shaking, it didn't look as dramatic as the Trinidadian counterparts where products were falling off shelves — because in Venezuela there weren't any products on the shelves to begin with.
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Cigala also mentioned that the direction of the forces from the plates contacting was unusual, explaining why the earthquake was felt for thousands of miles in multiple directions. He added that this, as well as the continual plate movement since the earthquake, means there will "continue to be
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said that the two plates usually experience "horizontal differential motion" (the Caribbean plate moves eastward, the South American plate moves westward, and they strike and catch against each other) but that the earthquake being so deep indicated that it was not "directly related to transform
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of the nation released that day, one tweet remarking on the devaluation by saying "Colombia: earthquake with a 7.7 magnitude according to the Richter magnitude scale. Venezuela: earthquake of 0.00077 Richter Soberanos" and another saying "Inflation in Venezuela is so bad that the 7.3 magnitude
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plates, with the latter subducting under the former when the fault turns perpendicular to the coastline. Though Caracas is a long distance from the epicentre, because it is still on the fault line at the San Sebastian fault the tremor was still quite powerful. A seismologist from the
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Witnesses and news sources report that during the quake, people were reluctant to leave some buildings, in particular banks because they were "desperate to withdraw the limited notes they're authorised to claim in the cash-strapped country" so "didn't want to leave".
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The public of Venezuela also reacted in such fashion, with reports that there were many new "'what else could go wrong' memes", adding natural disasters to the list of growing crises of the nation, or comparing the earthquake to the
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gave travel warnings for Trinidad and Tobago, with the possibility of later adding them for Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana. Though buildings cracked and shifted in Venezuela, there was more falling debris on the nearby island of
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No tsunami warning was given, because of the inland origin. The Venezuelan geological authority FUNVISIS reported that the earthquake was at a depth of 22.9 km, though the US Geological Survey said it was 97.5 km deep.
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The BBC Venezuela correspondent said that the earthquake was actually welcome: that people "were amused by an event, which had distracted them from the tough realities of everyday life".
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faulting strike-slip faulting", suggesting that the quake may have been caused by the "edge of the South American plate that is subducting under the Lesser Antilles arc" being involved.
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Multiple experts remarked on how the seismological activity that caused the earthquake was unusual. Juan Cigala, from the Seismology Department of the Iquique Emergency Center,
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The earthquakes follow a series of related earthquakes two weeks earlier in neighbouring Colombia, including brief shakes of 6.1 and 5.8 magnitude on August 7.
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shortly after the event. The Venezuelan government was also criticised as being unprepared for natural disasters, with "ambulances grounded" in the nation.
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government deputy and Governor of the state in which the earthquake hit, called the earthquake reports and tsunami warning "psychological terrorism".
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at the moment of the earthquake, with his "confused" and "concerned" response being to just stop talking and "look from side to side", as reported by
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warned of wave potential, and an alert had been broadcast for tsunami waves along coastlines. In terms of damage, concrete fell from the unfinished
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Images were shared that showed the structural damage of Tower of David having been worsened by the second earthquake. The Venezuelan ambassador in
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Several people looked deeper into the occurrence of the earthquakes, which was "interpreted as a political metaphor for teetering regime". A
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in Caracas was evacuated when the hall began shaking at 9:27am. The sitting was of the Internal Affairs Commission, discussing the case of
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A second earthquake occurred in the morning of the following day, slightly more central to Venezuela at 9 km West from
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Temporary power outages were reported in Arima, Valsayn, and other areas in the east of the island of
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Seismic Research Centre recorded aftershocks throughout the region from shortly after the main quake.
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A video surfaced of a landslide in which part of a Caribbean island mountain collapsed into the sea.
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s Latin America editor joked that the "real earthquake" matched "Venezuela's economic earthquake".
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assured this country that after the two earthquakes, Venezuela had activated emergency protocols.
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The earthquake was, in its immediate aftermath, judged as negative for the Venezuelan government.
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should allow aid into Venezuela so anyone who may be affected can get the proper help".
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On August 21, 2018 a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the northern coast of
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Geological Service reported it as 7.0. The Venezuelan Interior Minister
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reported the quake as 7.3 (after an initial report of 6.8), though the
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Caribbean correspondent shared a photo of the Tower of David on
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Several sources questioned if the shaking could have disturbed
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telluric events in the area", and a likelihood of more quakes.
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skyscraper, blocking the sidewalk and closing traffic.
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Shakemap for the August 21st 2018 Venezuela earthquake.
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Shakemap for the August 22, 2018 Venezuela earthquake.
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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Earthquake affecting South America and the Caribbean
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The U.S. 2371:indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year 913:"Venezuela struck by magnitude 7.3 earthquake" 2087: 366:The epicentre is reported to be just east of 8: 631: 30: 1312:"Venezuela hit by 7.3-magnitude earthquake" 1090: 1088: 1086: 2094: 2080: 2072: 1407: 1405: 1305: 1303: 1301: 1060: 1058: 937:(in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 August 2018. 888:"M 7.3 - 40 km ENE of Carúpano, Venezuela" 637: 630: 347:maintained that there were no fatalities. 36: 29: 955:(in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 August 2018 728: 140: 2417:Natural disasters in Trinidad and Tobago 1187: 1185: 1003: 1001: 999: 973: 971: 969: 1646: 1644: 1544:Herrero, Ana Vanessa (21 August 2018). 1513: 1511: 1509: 1507: 1246: 1244: 911:The Associated Press (22 August 2018). 879: 362:Epicentre of the August 21st earthquake 1171: 1161: 2001: 1999: 477:, "Tower of David", which was damaged 7: 493:second tallest building in Venezuela 2402:August 2018 events in South America 394:instead reported the quake as 7.4. 2059:International Seismological Centre 514:Venezuela's extensive oil reserves 25: 2374:Dates for all earthquakes are in 1230:(in European Spanish). 2018-08-22 18:August 2018 Venezuela earthquakes 2028:"Venezuela on alert after quake" 1336:"6.8 Earthquake rocks Caribbean" 869:List of earthquakes in Venezuela 843: 659: 652: 607:about the earthquake and that " 595:The Governor of the US State of 58: 51: 915:. 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Index

August 2018 Venezuela earthquakes

August 2018 Venezuela earthquake is located in Venezuela
UTC
ISC
612616014
ANSS
ComCat
VET
Mw
10°46′23″N 62°54′07″W / 10.773°N 62.902°W / 10.773; -62.902
Oblique-reverse
MMI VII (Very strong)
Venezuela
Cariaco
Sucre
1900 San Narciso earthquake
Caracas
Colombia
Guyana
Brazil
Grenada
Dominica
Barbados
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Tower of David
Sucre State

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