CARACAS, Venezuela: A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Venezuela in the early hours of Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
German broadcaster DW reported, citing the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 7.8 kilometres (4.8 miles) about 24 kilometres from Mene Grande, an oil town in a sparsely populated area of the state of Zulia.
A house in Maracaibo, Venezuela, has collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck the area. https://t.co/o9H7BotJDT pic.twitter.com/57dtvJwWd9
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According to AFP, there were no immediate reports of major damage.
The Colombian Geological Survey measured the tremor at 6.1 and categorized it as a “shallow depth” event also felt in neighbouring Colombia and in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire.
Products were thrown all over the floor after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit #Zulia, #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/qa2v4FRi5v
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In Venezuela, where strong temblors are not common, shaking buildings caused alarm in cities including Caracas and Maracaibo.
“Without significant structural damage”
People streamed out into the streets, but Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on state television the quake was “without significant structural damage.”
Venezuela’s own Funvisis seismological research body put the magnitude of the tremor at 5.4.
CCTV captures the terrifying moment a shop shook violently as a powerful earthquake hit Zulia, Venezuela
Shelves rattled, walls trembled — the raw force of nature caught on camera https://t.co/Dx8nza99Fj pic.twitter.com/7vCSl53Gps
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About 80 per cent of Venezuelans live in seismic zones, but the country has not had a major event since 1997, when 73 people died when a quake hit Cariaco in the eastern state of Sucre.
In 1976, nearly 300 were killed and 2,000 injured when a tremor hit Caracas.
