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At least 32 people are killed and hundreds injured in Venezuela after a series of earthquakes
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez confirmed that two powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela on Wednesday. At least 32 people were killed and 700 others injured as buildings in and around Caracas collapsed. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck about 160 km (100 mi) west of Caracas. It was followed by a magnitude-7.5 tremor less than a second later. The USGS used predictive modeling to estimate that the death toll would "most likely" be in the thousands with a high probability of exceeding 10,000. Rodriguez stated that the initial numbers 'do not include casualties in La Guaira, near Caracas,...