Venezuela airport chaos as huge earthquake sparks building collapse

Venezuela airport chaos as huge earthquake sparks building collapse Footage circulating on social media show people panicking at an airport near Venezuela's capital following back-to-back earthquakes Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hammered Venezuela on Wednesday (June 24), collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas and triggering panic at a nearby airport. The US Geological Survey said the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and its epicentre was west of the community of Morón, located along the country’s Caribbean coast, about 104 miles west of Caracas. The quake came in at a depth of eight miles. Then, minutes later, the USGS reported an even larger 7.5-magnitude earthquake had also struck, with a depth of six miles with the epicentre 10 miles southwest of Morón. Footage circulating on social media show people panicking at an airport near the Venezuelan capital following back-to-back earthquakes. Following the quake, a tsunami advisory was issued, with the potential for hazardous tsunami waves possible for coasts within 300 kilometers of the earthquake epicenter. More to come.