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Two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.1 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on Wednesday, causing building collapses in Caracas and triggering tsunami alerts for U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The first quake hit at a depth of 13 km near Morón, about 168 km west of Caracas, followed one minute later by a 7.5 magnitude quake at a depth of 10 km, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Source: eldiado.
In Caracas, residents rushed outdoors as walls collapsed, leaving furniture visible from the street, and dust clouds rose in two normally busy neighborhoods Source: emolcl. Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello reported “alarmant” situations in the Altamira district, with homes and buildings destroyed, and urged people to stay outside due to the risk of aftershocks Source: emolcl. No immediate casualty figures were provided Source: eldiado.
The quakes were felt in neighboring Colombia, where no damage or injuries were reported. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami alert for the U.S. Virgin Islands, and authorities in the Dominican Republic followed suit Source: eldiado. The events rank among Venezuela's strongest in over a century, comparable to the 1900 San Narciso quake (magnitude 7.6) and the 2018 Sucre earthquake (magnitude 7.3) Source: eldiado.
“El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos indicó que los terremotos tuvieron una magnitud de 7,1 y 7,5 y se produjeron con un minuto de diferencia.”
“Los residentes de la capital salieron de los edificios que se zarandeaban y permanecieron en el exterior, muchos visiblemente conmocionados al ver muros enteros derrumbados, dejando los muebles a la vista desde la calle.”
“El ministro del Interior, Diosdado Cabello, informó que el sismo se sintió en varios estados y agregó que en el barrio de Altamira, en Caracas, se registraron situaciones "alarmantes" con viviendas y edificios derrumbados.”
“El Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico de Estados Unidos emitió una alerta de tsunami para las Islas Vírgenes.”