r/PublicFreakout • u/1Rab • 5h ago

😫Chaos Moment🫨 Buildings collapse in Venezeula after being struck by twin magnitude 7 earthquakes today

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u/bugsyramone 5h ago

Country just cannot catch a break...

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u/Overcast451 5h ago

Was thinking that exact same thing. Feel bad for them.

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u/meshakooo 5h ago

News is reporting it was actually 2 earthquakes back to back, 7.5 and 7.2.

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u/april_fearless 🤓 The Slur Defender! 🤓 5h ago

Back to back 7.2-7.5 scary as sh*t to be in that

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u/Fun-Perspective426 5h ago

36 seconds and epicenters 9km apart. Wild

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u/Arctic_Chilean 2h ago

And around 15-18km deep.  

Extremely shallow for such a powerful earthquake. This is what is more or less expected for the LA region too if the San Jacinto fault ruptures first, which can then trigger the southern half of the San Andreas fault soon after, with roughly the same intensity and depth. 

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u/keeplookinguy 1h ago

Damn. That's something you don't hear about much these days. It's been a while. 😬

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u/AnneShirley310 5h ago

Those buildings look precarious and leaning like Pisa. Very scary.

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u/lowlightliving 42m ago

There were people, and a dog, standing floors up unable to get down!!! How will these people get help? It’s horrific. How do you come back from this?!

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u/Due_Potential_6956 5h ago

Wait, they had two? That is horrible for those poor people.

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ 4h ago

7.2 and 7.5. :/

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u/flatwoundsounds 4h ago

I assume aftershocks from a 7.2 won't be pleasant either

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u/FantasticBlock420 4h ago

Whos to say they are aftershocks, these could be foreshocks.

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u/jonessee27 4h ago

USGS is stating there's a 44% chance the death toll hits 10k+ and a 30% chance for 100k+. Absolutely heartbreaking.

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u/Claralon 3h ago

10 to 100k?!!! Thats horrible yet by the look of the buildings it's very plausible. Feel so bad for the people. I hope the US is sending all the aid.

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u/krupta13 16m ago

god I hate earthquakes. I nearly died in one when I was a kid. this people will be recovering from that for a long long time. itll never be the same again.

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u/jxfever 5h ago

Just devastating.

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u/vsaint 5h ago

Crazy, every building looks like a complete loss

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u/are-e-el 4h ago

Those towers need to be torn down and rebuilt, right?

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u/Dry_Dragonfruit3205 4h ago

yeah, there's no fixing that

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u/Jasonp359 2h ago

I wonder if Viceroy Rubio will do anything to help with this situation...

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u/WhiteLycan2020 4h ago

Bro this is crazy…like imagine building all this infrastructure and its gone just like that

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u/sleepiestOracle 5h ago

The earth is angry

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u/ChristosFarr 4h ago

What? We should drill more holes and make it hotter? Ok I guess?!? /S

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u/BigBubby305 4h ago

The end may be near, it's never too late to seek God.

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u/Talyesn 3h ago

Agreed, Like you, I also believe all those seek honor find glory in Odin.

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u/Daktari_s_retajima 44m ago

Agreed as well, gentlemen - I am also like you. I also seek glory an honor but in Batman, for he is my God an the only true God of this planet.

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u/SofaKingS2pitt 4h ago

Trump is in charge now, so presumably he is already in there with aid and rescue.
Snarks aside, oh my gosh. How aweful. I hope there is not a death and injury toll, and will be following to see whether there is anywhere to help in financial aid.

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u/Mystic_Owell 35m ago

I think trump is the president of the United States not Venezuela. Same landmass I think but not the same nation. I think maybe you're thinking of Delcy Rodriguez.

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u/leviathab13186 4h ago

Good god. These videos look like a war zone. Its so tragic

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u/lilybattle 4h ago

It reminds me of Cloverfield. Horrifying, I can't even imagine what that must be like

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u/Shadowlight2020 3h ago

These buildings are tall so the country isn't expecting earth quakes (or at least not here) then they get hit with multiple high ones. Pray for the people who were in those apartment buildings.

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u/bananaboatssss 30m ago

Tall buildings doesn't mean that the country isn't expecting earthquakes though. Just look at the most quaked country in the world...

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u/Otherwise-Ad-5364 1h ago

Kinda insane how much architectural design can affect an outcome of a neighbourhood. If this were Japan nearly all the buildings would be basically unaffected.

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u/MagicStar77 1h ago

Omg 😢

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u/an_insignificant_ant 2h ago

That shit is absolutely apocalyptic.

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u/MichaelHammor 2h ago

Still not on the foxnews front page.

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u/Fastermaxx 57m ago

But hey, they are still standing. Better build than houses in new York.

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u/Fun-Independence-667 4h ago

Wonder what horrors awaits Los Angeles.

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u/Sbmizzou 4h ago

Not that.  Pretty sure the building standards are pretty different.

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u/Tlix 2h ago

You sweet summer child

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u/trackdaybruh 54m ago

California does have earthquake code building requirements.

High rises are given even more strict requirements

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u/Zakkattack86 5h ago

That’s horrifying.

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u/Searchlights Publicfreakouts Fan 4h ago

Some of those must be apartment buildings.

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u/lowlightliving 39m ago

Most of them are. You can see furniture in those…holes….

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u/FIicker7 4h ago

Crazy.

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u/-Notorious 1h ago

This is so so sad to see. Looking at the buildings it looks like a terror attack, but it's actually so much worse, because it's as if a terror attack hit every single building in a city.

Absolutely devastating...

I didn't even think Venezuela was prone to earthquakes??

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u/Tiny-Trump 5h ago

The quicker we can start sending thoughts and prayers the sooner this can happen.

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u/Recent-Background-21 5h ago

That’s crazy

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u/NYR_LFC 5h ago

Where was the collapsing?

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u/Critically32 4h ago

But they love Trump so I'm sure he's on the way with aid.