Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis

Buxton, J ORCID: 0000-0002-1423-8074 (2026) Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis. The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639

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Abstract

Venezuela has a well-documented vulnerability to earthquakes. The country sits on the boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates, resulting in routine tremors and causing historical earthquake disasters. But the experience of a “doublet”, a pair of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes 40 seconds apart, on June 24 was a rare misfortune

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Centre for the Study of Crime Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE); Venezuela
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States) J Political Science > JZ International relations K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Law and Justice Studies
Publisher:	Conversation Trust
Related URLs:	https://theconversation.com/venezuela-earthquakes-add-tragic-new-layer-to-the-countrys-humanitarian-crisis-286183
Date of acceptance:	26 June 2026
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2026 10:10
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2026 10:10
DOI or ID number:	10.64628/AB.s6qx5yvv4
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28912

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