Strong quake rocks Venezuela; buildings evacuated in capital
Posted Aug 21, 2018 06:53:45 PM.
Last Updated Aug 21, 2018 08:21:10 PM.
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CARACAS, Venezuela – A powerful earthquake has shaken eastern Venezuela, causing buildings to be evacuated in the capital of Caracas.
The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday’s quake at 7.0 and said it had a depth of 53 miles (87 kilometres). Its epicenter was 13 miles (22 kilometres southwest of Irapa, Venezuela.
The quake was felt as far away as Colombia’s capital and in the Venezuelan capital office workers evacuated buildings and people fled homes.
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