Venezuela’s Powerful Earthquakes Were a Rare ‘Seismic Doublet’

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Venezuela experienced a rare seismic doublet with two powerful earthquakes occurring in quick succession. The quakes were likely linked by stress transfer along a fault line running through the country.

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being transferred from one part of the fault that runs through the country to another.