An earthquake expert says shallow tremors, weak buildings, poor maintenance and local soil conditions combined to cause widespread structural failures.

On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a ...

They were two of the strongest quakes to hit Venezuela in more than a century. Quakes of 7.0 to 7.9 magnitude are considered major, capable of causing severe, widespread damage. In addition to their ...

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The shaking from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 events caused buildings to collapse in ...

California sits on an active plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other, producing frequent earthquakes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The two powerful earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday -- each measuring more than magnitude 7 and coming within moments of ...

Factors like the short interval between the two powerful quakes and different types of soil led to some structures collapsing ...

Many earthquakes in Venezuela are "shallow-focus," meaning they occur less than 15 to 20 kilometres below the ground.

Venezuela and Japan are both hit by strong quakes, but Venezuela faces higher risks due to weaker building standards.

Inadequate infrastructure in Caracas due to underfunding intensified destruction from the tremors.

The phenomenon is called coastal uplift, and it happens when the seabed rises in response to the up-and-down movement of an earthquake ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California's ground is always moving. Most of the time, that movement is too small to notice. But the state sits on one of the ...