Buildings in the capital Caracas have been evacuated and shaking has been felt across the Caribbean

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Venezuela’s northern coast has been rocked by a powerful earthquake that was felt across the Caribbean and sent people rushing out into the streets hundreds of kilometres away in the capital, Caracas. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the eastern coast of Venezuela Tuesday afternoon, according to the USGS.The quake hit around 2:30 p.m. on the northeast coast of the South American nation, about 13 miles southwest from the town of Irapa.Buildings were evacuated in the capital Caracas and people fled homes as the damage was being evaluated.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off the coast of Venezuela, prompting building evacuations in Caracas. Buildings shake across Caribbean and South America's North coast. Several buildings are destroyed.