Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe U.S. Geological Survey reported a series of powerful earthquakes on Tuesday afternoon, including two earthquakes in Venezuela and a strong offshore quake near Japan.According to the USGS, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck 28 kilometers northwest of Montalb\u00e1n, Venezuela, at 3:04:32 p.m. The quake was recorded at a depth of 13.2 kilometers.Less than a minute later, USGS reported a magnitude 7.5 earthquake 16 kilometers southwest of Mor\u00f3n, Venezuela, at 3:05:11 p.m. That earthquake struck at a depth of 10.0 kilometers, indicating very shallow movement that can produce intense shaking.USGS also reported a magnitude 6.9 earthquake 35 kilometers east-northeast of Kuji, Japan, at 3:30:15 p.m. The quake occurred at a depth of 51.7 kilometers and was assigned a green PAGER alert, indicating limited expected damage.At the time of reporting, USGS impact information for the Venezuela earthquakes was still developing, with one alert listed as pending. Officials had not yet released confirmed reports of casualties or damage.The reports come as earthquake activity is already top of mind in California. Earlier Wednesday morning, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Redwood Valley in Northern California triggered widespread ShakeAlert notifications, including for some residents on the Central Coast nearly 200 miles away.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The U.S. Geological Survey reported a series of powerful earthquakes on Tuesday afternoon, including two earthquakes in Venezuela and a strong offshore quake near Japan.<\/p>\n
According to the USGS, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck 28 kilometers northwest of Montalb\u00e1n, Venezuela, at 3:04:32 p.m. The quake was recorded at a depth of 13.2 kilometers.<\/p>\n
Less than a minute later, USGS reported a magnitude 7.5 earthquake 16 kilometers southwest of Mor\u00f3n, Venezuela, at 3:05:11 p.m. That earthquake struck at a depth of 10.0 kilometers, indicating very shallow movement that can produce intense shaking.<\/p>\n
USGS also reported a magnitude 6.9 earthquake 35 kilometers east-northeast of Kuji, Japan, at 3:30:15 p.m. The quake occurred at a depth of 51.7 kilometers and was assigned a green PAGER alert, indicating limited expected damage.<\/p>\n
At the time of reporting, USGS impact information for the Venezuela earthquakes was still developing, with one alert listed as pending. Officials had not yet released confirmed reports of casualties or damage.<\/p>\n
The reports come as earthquake activity is already top of mind in California. Earlier Wednesday morning, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Redwood Valley in Northern California triggered widespread ShakeAlert notifications, including for some residents on the Central Coast nearly 200 miles away. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Very local, powered by KSPWA local news, learning new information. Original series and specials, it’s pretty awe inspiring.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2940,32590,4389,10686,3805,32586,8,32587,7962,32588,7655,32589,32591,2927,10687,792],"class_list":["post-46782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-california","tag-casualty","tag-damage","tag-depth","tag-earthquake","tag-fields","tag-japan","tag-kilometer","tag-magnitude","tag-major-quake","tag-p-m","tag-powerful-earthquake","tag-redwood-valley","tag-report","tag-usgs","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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