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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMajor 7.3 quake in Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago
Last edited Tue Aug 21, 2018, 07:25 PM - Edit history (2)
Felt as far as Trinidad, Barbados.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7070544/venezuela-earthquake-magnitude-7-guiria/
Contrary to rumors across the region, there is no tsunami warning.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Seems to be moving around the ring.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)Venezuela and the Caribbean are not.
B2G
(9,766 posts)There have been a lot of large quakes in the ring too.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)We live on a seismically active planet. Check out my post #10 below. It will either reassure you, or make you freak out completely. I hope the former.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Just speculating. I'm not in California. I moved after the Loma Prieta quake in 89.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Just heard from a good friend
Would be really nervous if I was still living in California right now.
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)First off, earthquakes occur literally every single day on this planet. Even major ones are more common than you might think.
This graphic may help:
And those who are thinking an earthquake in the Caribbean means California is ready to blow, you need to learn more about earthquakes and plate tectonics. Two completely different plates and fault systems are involved.
malaise
(269,157 posts)But you are right re lots of minor quakes daily.
The tsunami alert is not true.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)That's about one every couple of months.
Every year there are 150 quakes of magnitude 6 or stronger. That's about one every other day. Earthquakes not only happen, but are astonishingly common. We now hear of every single earthquake of magnitude 5 or so simply because they can be reported. Even ten years ago we were less likely to hear of relatively minor quakes. If this one in Venezuela had occurred 20 or more years ago, I bet none of us, unless we had relatives there, would have heard about it.