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Venezuela was hit by two huge earthquakes seconds apart. Could that happen in California?
Venezuela experienced a terrifying earthquake sequence on Wednesday: a magnitude 7.2 quake followed just 39 seconds later by an even larger magnitude 7.5 quake nearby. Is that possible in California? Yes, at least in theory - though if two mega-quakes ...
On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a rare phenomenon called a “doublet” that contained not one but two major earthquakes.