What the records say
- When
- 21 Aug 2018
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 10.77° N, 62.90° W
- Deaths
- 5
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.3
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
August 2018 Venezuela earthquake
Earthquake affecting South America and the Caribbean
On August 21, 2018, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the northern coast of Venezuela, near Cariaco, Sucre. The earthquake, at the time, was thought to be the largest in the country since the 1900 San Narciso earthquake. It prompted evacuations in Caracas, and caused shaking in Colombia, Guyana, Brazil, Grenada, Dominica, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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