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Breaking: Powerful, back-to-back earthquakes slam Venezuela
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- Rescue workers search for survivors at a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela.
- "High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread," the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
- The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and its epicentre was west of the community of Morón, located along the country's Caribbean coast, about 168 kilometres west of Caracas.
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Rescue workers search for survivors at a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo: Ariana Cubillos)
Link copied Share Share article Back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, local time, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas.
"High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread," the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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