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A pair of powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on Wednesday evening, flattening buildings in multiple heavily populated areas, including the port city of La Guaira and the capital, Caracas.

The second earthquake that hit Venezuela on Wednesday started rumbling before the first had even concluded. Their onsets were separated by just 39 seconds. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

One major earthquake striking Caracas, where older buildings are vulnerable to strong shaking, could have caused widespread damage. A pair of them less than a minute apart was uniquely catastrophic, ...

The country was hit by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being transferred from one part of the fault to another. Venezuela declared a national ...