1967 Caracas earthquake
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| UTC time | 1967-07-30 00:00:04 |
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| ISC event | 833882 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | July 29, 1967 |
| Local time | 20:00:04 |
| Magnitude | 6.6 Mw(ISC-GEM) |
| Depth | 25.0 km (16 mi) |
| Epicenter | 10°34′N 67°20′W / 10.56°N 67.33°W |
| Fault | Sebastian Fault[1] |
| Type | Strike-slip[2] |
| Areas affected | Metropolitan Region of Caracas |
| Total damage | $50–140m USD[3] |
| Max. intensity | VIII (Severe)[4] |
| Casualties | 225–300 dead[3] 1,536 injured[3] |
The 1967 Caracas earthquake occurred in Caracas, Venezuela, and La Guaira, Vargas on July 29 at 8:00 p.m (UTC−04:00 at that time). Its epicenter took place in the litoral central (20 km from Caracas) and lasted 35 seconds. It heavily affected areas such as Altamira, Los Palos Grandes, and Litoral Central. After the earthquake, there were several aftershocks of lower intensity. The earthquake left a toll of 1,536 injured, 225–300 dead, and cost $50–140 million United States Dollars in property damage.
Damage
Damage was extensive in the Altamira and Los Palos Grandes sections of Caracas where four major apartment buildings, 10 to 12 stories high, collapsed.[5] Many additional structures were severely damaged and several had to be razed and reconstructed.
Huge sections of walls fell from buildings, flattening cars below and leaving large portions of structures exposed. Rescue workers used cranes and bulldozers to search through the rubble for survivors or victims of the earthquake. A week after the shock, in Caraballeda, rescue operations continued for persons believed trapped beneath the floors of Mansion Charaima, an apartment building across the street from the Macuto Sheraton (which was also damaged). Maracay, about 50 miles west of Caracas, reported five deaths and 100 injuries. Several additional towns reported structural damage.
See also
- 1641 Caracas earthquake
- 1812 Caracas earthquake
- List of earthquakes in 1967
- List of earthquakes in Venezuela
References
- ^ Hanson & Degenkolb 1975, p. 222
- ^ Suárez, Gerardo; Nábělek, John (1990), "The 1967 Caracas Earthquake: Fault geometry, direction of rupture propagation and seismotectonic implications", Journal of Geophysical Research, 95 (B11): 17459, Bibcode:1990JGR....9517459S, doi:10.1029/JB095iB11p17459
- ^ a b c USGS (4 September 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
- ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ^ von Hake, C. A.; Cloud, W. K. (1984), United States earthquakes, 1967, Open-File report 84-967, United States Government Printing Office, pp. 67, 68, doi:10.3133/ofr84967
Sources
- Hanson, R. D.; Degenkolb, H. J. (1975), The Venezuela earthquake – July 29, 1967, American Iron and Steel Institute, ASIN B0006BZI1E
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
- Sismologia Historica de Venezuela
- The Influence of the 1967 Caracas Earthquake on Aseismic Design in the Commonwealth Caribbean – Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Research
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