Ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla okungu-7.3 kuhlasele ugu olusenyakatho ye Venezuela, ngokusho kwe-USGS. Isikhungo Sesexwayiso Se-Tsunami YasePacific sikhiphe isexwayiso ngezindawo ezisogwini phakathi kwebanga elingu-300 km ukusuka kule nhlekelele.
I-deep jolt, ebhaliswe yi-USGS ekujuleni kwamakhilomitha angu-123, izwakale kakhulu endaweni yaseGulf of Paria kodwa iphinde yanyakazisa izakhiwo enhloko-dolobha, iCaracas. Nokho, ngokwe-Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation, ukuzamazama komhlaba bekukuncane futhi kungashoni kakhulu, kulinganiselwa ku-6.3 ngobukhulu futhi ukushona okungaphansi kwekhilomitha.
Nakuba ubukhulu bokuzamazama zisabuyekezwa, i-PTWC ixwayise ngokuthi “angenzeka amagagasi e-tsunami ayingozi ogwini olusendaweni engamakhilomitha angu-300 ukusuka lapho ukuzamazama komhlaba kuqale khona.” Amagagasi e-tsunami angenzeka naseGrenada engumakhelwane, kanye neTrinidad neTobago, i-PTWC yengeza.
Ngaphezu kweCaracas, ama-jolts athinte uMargarita, Maracay, Vargas, Lara, Tachira, Zulia, Maturin naseValencia, phakathi kwezinye izindawo. Okwamanje, akekho olimele noma umonakalo obikiwe.