Name: Venezuela declares state of emergency after two devastating earthquakes
Uploaded: 2026-06-25T20:07:33+08:00
Duration: 21 min 4 s
Description: Two powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening. The US Geological Survey reported a magnitude-7.2 quake, followed just one minute later by a magnitude-7.5 quake, near the coastal town of Moron, roughly 160 kilometers west

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Two powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening. The US Geological Survey reported a magnitude-7.2 quake, followed just one minute later by a magnitude-7.5 quake, near the coastal town of Moron, roughly 160 kilometers west of the capital Caracas. The devastating tremors rank among the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century. Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency.

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