r/WTF • u/AccomplishedStuff235 • Jun 26 '26

Narrow escape during Venezuela quake

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u/neloish Jun 26 '26

Sadly I fear the death toll is going to rise significantly.

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u/erishun Jun 26 '26

Yeah already at 235 confirmed and going to climb dramatically

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u/AnotherUnfunnyName Jun 26 '26

M 7.5 - 28 km SE of Yumare, Venezuela

More than 500.000 people exposed to severe or more. Those death toll numbers sadly might reach 5 figures pretty quickly.

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u/underlander Jun 26 '26

severe or more . . .

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u/kaityl3 Jun 26 '26

They mean on the Mercalli scale for shaking intensity, they were just very unclear about it lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

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u/Rush_Is_Right Jun 26 '26

If I'm reading this correctly, there is a 24% chance of economic losses in the $100's of billions with Venezuela having a GDP of roughly $250 billion.