5.6 Magnitude Earthquake
Hits Venezuela
CARACAS - An earthquake
measuring 5.6 on Richter
scale struck eastern
Venezuela on early
Monday morning.
No casualties have been
reported.
The Venezuelan
Foundation of
Seismological
Investigations said the
quake took place at 2:49
local time (0749 GMT).
The epicenter was in the
Caribbean sea, about 305
km east of Caracas.
According to Interior
Minister Ramon
Rodriguez, some 50
buildings were slightly
damaged and a hospital
was evacuated after the
quake.
The tremor also caused a
cutoff of electricity
supply in some areas of
Cumana, the capital city
of the coastal state of
Sucre. Police officers
have been deployed
across the state,
although there have been
no reports of casualties
so far.
The quake was felt also
in the states of Nueva
Esparta and Anzoategui.
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