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Large Earthquake Off Northern Venezuelan Coast

According to the Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Research, the quake registered at 6.9 on the Richter Scale and left parts of Trinidad and Tobago without electricity.

The Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Research has put out information stating that the earthquake registered 6.9 in the Richter Scale.

The Bolivarian government has activated all the risk management, damage assessment and needs update teams after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake registered at 5:30 in the afternoon of this Tuesday, which was felt in a large part of Venezuela and up to moment without reports of victims.

#Sismo:2018/08/21 17:31 (HLV), Mag. 6.3 Mw, a 19 Km al sureste de Yaguaraparo (10.444 N,62.733 W), prof. 0,1 km
— FUNVISIS Mppeuct (@FUNVISIS) August 21, 2018

The seismic movement was felt around 5:31 in the afternoon, and according to the agency the epicenter was in the municipality of Cajigal de la Península de Paria, in Sucre state, in the east of the country.

#Venezuela | In #PuertoOrdaz the #earthquake was felt like this, the epicenter was in the state of #Sucre. Another shocking #video

via: @madeleintlSUR https://t.co/re7GKvuIpH
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) 21 de agosto de 2018

Se registran daños en #TrinidadyTobago ocasionados por el #terremoto de 7.3Mw frente a las costas de Sucre #Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/cp5E5TWJWC
— SIMMSA (@SIMMSAmex) August 21, 2018

The quake occurred 0.1 kilometers deep, 19 kilometers from the town of Yaguaraparo. The Interior and Justice Minister, Néstor Reverol, reported that no victims have been reported after the earthquake.

Llamamos a todo el pueblo de #Venezuela a mantener la calma, hace minutos se sintió un temblor de magnitud 6,3 a 19 km al suroeste de Yaguaraparo, edo. Sucre. El VEN 911 y el 0-800 Pcivil-1 se encuentran activos para atender cualquier emergencia #21Ago pic.twitter.com/W42MaV4vcm
— Néstor Luis Reverol (@NestorReverol) August 21, 2018