At 6:22 pm, of September 24, An earthquake of maginitude 5.4 alerted Venezuelans. Especially in the west of the country, the population left their homes, stores and, among neighbors, wondered what was happening. Others called their relatives with anguish.
It was the first of The three telluric movements of important magnitude (greater than 5 degrees) that occurred between the afternoon of Septiemyre and the morning of 25.
How many tremors were recorded and which one had the greatest magnitude
The other two were from 6.3 degrees, at 11:52 at night; and of 5.8, at 2:52 in the morning. In addition to the main earthquakes, There were at least 20 replicasaccording to the Colombian geological service.
The Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation (Funvisis) confirmed the first telluric movement And he explained: “Epicenter located about 40 km northeast of the CEIBA (Trujillo state) and also 40 km southeast of Bachaquero (Zulia state). The estimated depth was 26.5 km.”
Although most of the replicas were imperceptible, Venezuelans remained on alert and outskirts. Despite fear, the memes and jokes about the situation were not lacking, a sense of humor that characterizes the residents of the Caribbean country.
The earthquakes felt 13 of the 23 states of Venezuela
“Last night I realized that we are not prepared for this”commented to The opinion Reinaldo Ortigoza, who lives in a building in the east of Maracaibo, capital of the Zulia state, to the west of Venezuela.
“The TV stagged, the bed vibrated, was very afraid because it was very long and thought about my mother, who does not live with me. And when everything calms down, you have that ugly feeling that it can happen again and you simply can’t sleep, ”he said.
Mauricio Jiménez, who resides in the Barinas state, in the southern country, said he was in his bed, ready to sleep, when the 6.3 -degree earthquake left him paralyzed. “You can’t move, you don’t know what to think or what to do”.
According to the news agency AP13 of the 23 states of Venezuela were affected by the earthquakes, including the capital Caracas. Local authorities did not report important victims and damage.
In neighboring Colombia, residents of areas near the border with Venezuela also reported that they felt the earthquake and left their homes and offices. Colombian authorities also did not report damage.
