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 ...

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

Two major earthquakes occurred in Venezeula on June 24, the first a magnitude 7.2 and the second a magnitude 7.5 a minute later. It is estimated that thousands of people have died and several thousand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hours after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook parts of California, two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within 40 seconds of ...

Two powerful earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck Venezuela, killing more than 160 people. The quakes are among the strongest recorded this year and the largest to hit Venezuela in a century.