Venezuelans were shaken today by a strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake with its epicenter in the “Southeast of Yaguarapano” in the East of the country, although the Geo service logical USA reported a magnitude of 7.0.
So far, no reported casualties or damage in the country.
The quake happened when in the Miraflores Palace, the Government of the Bolivarian country house, held a demonstration in support of the President, Nicolas Maduro.
“We are in coordination with the Governors doing assessment,” said the Minister of the Interior, Néstor Reverol, at the same time ordered calm citizens.
Likewise, the Colombian authorities today inspected several regions to rule out possible damage by the earthquake, which forced the closure of the El Dorado airport of Bogota. “After earthquake in Venezuela felt in large part of the Colombian territory is carried out at this hour sweep with the institutions of the national system of disaster risk management and the boards of risk management”, said on Twitter the national unit for the management of the Colombia disaster risk.
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