was felt in Caracas and different states

• In response to studies, the earthquake was additionally felt in Bolívar, Sucre, Nueva Esparta and Anzoátegui.

At 11:58 pm on Saturday, June 22, a 5.2 earthquake was recorded within the state of Sucre. The data was issued by the Venezuelan Basis for Seismological Analysis (Funvisis), which decided that the epicenter of the motion was 14 km east of Irapa.

In response to studies from customers on the social community

Though Funvisis positioned the earthquake at 5.2, minutes earlier than this report the Geological Service of Colombia detailed that the motion had a magnitude of 6.0.

Second earthquake in lower than two months

On Sunday, Could 19, residents of various areas of Caracas reported an earthquake at 2:31 pm.

The earthquake was felt in La California Norte, Palo Verde and Petare, Sucre municipality; Santa Fe, Baruta Catia municipality; La Lagunita and Los Naranjos, in El Hatillo and El Paraíso, within the Libertador municipality. As well as, residents of Charallave, Río Chico, Higuerote, Guatire, Guarenas, Parque Caiza and San Antonio de los Altos, in Miranda, reported the tremor.

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The Venezuelan Basis for Seismological Analysis (Funvisis) confirmed that the earthquake had its epicenter 37 kilometers southwest of La Tortuga Island.

The earthquake reached 4.2 on the Richter scale and had a depth of seven.8 kilometers.

Funvisis reported followingshocks of three.0 in Machiques, Zulia; 2.7 in El Tigre, Anzoátegui; Valencia, Carabobo; and three.1 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

What do you have to do throughout an earthquake

-Hold calm. You have to react calmly and put the emergency plan into motion.

‒Defend your self from any object that would hit the individual or minimize them when falling.

‒Find your self beneath tables, desks, beds, or take shelter in a sturdy place within the constructing the place you’re.

‒Keep away from home windows, mirrors and glass doorways.

‒If the constructing has a number of flooring, the citizen should stand towards an inside wall and defend his head along with his arms.

‒Keep away from balconies or close by slopes.

‒Use solely the steps, as a result of there’s a danger of getting trapped within the elevators.

‒Keep away from buildings, partitions, poles, bushes, electrical cables and different components that would fall.

‒If the individual is of their car, they have to cease it and stay in it, the identical if they’re in a car stuffed with passengers or on public transportation. Encourage others to remain calm.

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