Strong Quake Rocks Venezuela But Little Damage Reported
A woman holds a child outside of a building following tremors from an earthquake in Caracas on Aug. 21.
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Caracas, Venezuela (AP) -- A powerful earthquake shook Venezuela's northeastern coast on Tuesday, forcing residents in the capital to evacuate buildings and interrupting a pro-government rally in support of controversial economic reforms.
The 7.3 quake was the largest to strike Venezuela since 1900, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But at a depth of some 76 miles (123 kilometers) it appeared to have caused only limited damage even near its epicenter a few miles off the sparsely populated Cariaco peninsula stretching into the eastern Caribbean.