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LA GUAIRA/CARACAS/MORON, June 25 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people in Venezuela were trapped under rubble and many more still unaccounted for on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, setting off powerful aftershocks and leaving thousands homeless.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas on Wednesday evening, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, the strongest in more than a century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The disaster struck a country already grappling with years of economic turmoil that had left much of its infrastructure fragile, complicating rescue efforts and posing a crucial test for the country’s interim government, which welcomed promises of aid from across the international community.
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