The 1997 Cariaco earthquake occurred on July 9 at with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). With its epicenter near
Cariaco
Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Ribero Municipality. It stands a short distance up the Cariaco river and its port immediately on the coast is known as Puerto Sucre. It is at the head of the Gulf of Car ...
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Venezuela, at least 81 people were killed and over 500 were injured. Disruption of power, telephone, and water services was reported. This earthquake was felt in much of northeastern Venezuela and could also be felt in
Trinidad and Tobago. This earthquake was on the
strike-slip
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...
El Pilar Fault.
See also
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List of earthquakes in Venezuela
References
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