Experts say three recent powerful earthquakes are not related
Key takeaways
- A man amid the rubble of a building in La Guaira, Venezuela, after earthquakes hit the country on 25 June 2026.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleA 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck a rural part of northern California on Wednesday.
- The tremors happened in the span of eight hours, prompting online speculation over whether they were related.
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A man amid the rubble of a building in La Guaira, Venezuela, after earthquakes hit the country on 25 June 2026. Photograph: Gaby Oráa/Reuters View image in fullscreen. A man amid the rubble of a building in La Guaira, Venezuela, after earthquakes hit the country on 25 June 2026. Photograph: Gaby Oráa/Reuters Earthquakes Experts say three recent powerful earthquakes are not related5.6-magnitude California tremor, 7.2-magnitude temblor in Japan and two quakes in Venezuela all struck within hours
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleA 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck a rural part of northern California on Wednesday. Hours later, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the northern coast of Japan and two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela in a devastating mass casualty event.
The tremors happened in the span of eight hours, prompting online speculation over whether they were related.