Devastating: Double Earthquake in Venezuela with 59,000 Damaged Buildings
Venezuela was struck by two double earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, occurring just 39 seconds apart and the strongest in the country's history. NASA satellite data shows that nearly 59,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. An analysis commentary emphasizes that such catastrophic natural events occur only about every 100 years (1812, 1902, 2026) and governments cannot possibly be constantly prepared for them.