AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.3 SHAKES VENEZUELA WITHOUT CAUSING CASUALTIES
An earthquake of magnitude 7.3, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and 6.3 according to the Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (Funvisis), shook Venezuela's afternoon on Tuesday, alarming the population. At the moment, the earthquake has not caused victims. The earthquake itself has caused damage to some buildings, according to Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice, Néstor Reverol. "There are some structural failures in some buildings," Reverol said, without giving details to the state channel VTV in its second balance since it was It produced the telluric movement, whose magnitude, he explained, was recalculated with sensors closer to the epicenter. The tremor, which was felt in almost the entire country, occurred at 5:31 pm, when people left their jobs. "I ran out of the elevator (elevator), I thought I had a fault and I saw that it was shaking," said Betsy, an administrator who works in Chacao, in eastern Caracas. In that area, several office and residential buildings were evacuated. The people, unaccustomed to the tremors, ran away as much as possible from the buildings. Some tried to call their relatives from their cell phones, but the lines collapsed for a few minutes. Others embraced crying. "It was horrible, there were many seconds and everything was moving in the house, I did not know whether to go down the building or wait," Coromoto Alfonzo, a 72-year-old housewife told La Mundo, from La Trinidad, in the southwest of the city. The tremor was centered 19 km southeast of Yaguaraparo (Sucre state, northwest of the country), and occurred at a depth of 0.1 km, according to Funvisis.
"We have evaluated the damage that may have been caused in some structures, we are reviewing, we have not yet any serious damage or victims to regret, but it did generate a strong scare in our town," he said.
opinion of what I lived yesterday since I live in the area of the epicenter q due very strong and long thanks to God we are well and there were no losses to regret, and at this time there have been three replicate of 3.7 hitler scale
in these moments that is writing this report has just trembled in various parts of Venezuela again
These are the Recent Earthquakes
9 km northwest of Yaguaraparo
08-22-2018 09:27 · Depth 22.9 km
Magnitude: 5.7
12 km southeast of Yaguaraparo
08-22-2018 01:39 · Depth 5.0 km
Magnitude: 3.1
7 km north of El Pilar
08-22-2018 00:01 · Depth 5.0 km
Magnitude: 3.1
14 km south of Yaguaraparo
08-21-2018 22:44 · Depth 12.7 km
Magnitude: 3.4
19 Km southeast of El Pilar
08-21-2018 19:35 · Depth 6.2 km
Magnitude: 3.3
5 km east of Yaguaraparo
08-21-2018 17:31 · Depth 31.6 km
Magnitude: 6.9
