Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Venezuela, sends baseball fans fleeing stadium

Multiple residents evacuated from swaying buildings with collapsed walls and structural damage reported; full human toll not yet determined as of reporting.

Twice within a single minute on Wednesday evening, the earth beneath northern Venezuela convulsed with rare and ancient force — first at 7.1, then at 7.5 — near the coastal city of Morón, sending tremors across a region that has not felt shaking of this magnitude in over a century. From a baseball stadium where players and fans fled mid-game to the streets of Caracas where residents stood beneath open skies rather than risk their own walls, the event reminded a nation that the ground beneath daily life is never truly still. Authorities urged people to remain outside as aftershocks loomed and t

Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Venezuela, sends baseball fans fleeing stadium

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