In Zulia state, eight affected homes and damage to some infrastructure were recorded, but without victims to regret, according to Governor Luis Caldera in a balance offered this Thursday. “We had never had these three simultaneous events and with very high reality in the territory,” he said
The Venezuelan Seismic Research Foundation (Funvisis) reported on Thursday, September 25, three new earthquakes with epicenters to the west of the country.
In the morning it was recorded An earthquake of 4.3 32 kilometer east of Bachaquero (Zulia State) and 53 km southeast of Lagunillas. A second Telluric movement From 3.9 it was recorded at 11:08 am to 54 kilometers west of Carora and 64 kilometers northeast of Bachaquero.
Another seismological event of 3.8 began at 11:12 am, with an epicenter 28 kilometers west of Carora and 49 kilometers northwest of Curagua.
These movements occurred in the middle of the seismic swarm that plagues the country’s western region since Wednesday. The authorities have indicated that until the early hours of this Thursday They registered a total of 10 earthquakes and 21 replicas.
In the Zulia state, an epicenter of at least two earthquakes, eight affected homes and damages were recorded in some infrastructure, but without victims to regret.
The governor of Zulia, Luis Caldera, in the balance offered this Thursday, stressed that “we had never had these three simultaneous events and with a very reality in the territory”; However, he described as “Fake News” Some photos that circulated on social networks on cracked public roads.
«There are many people who used photos next night next to social networks, the three photos that have run are false (…) for example, they passed a crack made with artificial intelligence in Baralt, we compare the site and it is false; then one of bachaquero and is false; They published one of Mara and is false, ”said the governor.
He indicated that 107 people have been treated for “reasons for panic, crisis or hypertension,” he said in a telephone interview.
He also said that the “state is calm” and the deployment of the National Risk System (SNR) on the East Coast of the Lake is maintained, with special attention in the municipalities Baralt, Simón Bolívar and Valmore Rodríguez, where the seismic epicenter hit “greater strength.”
In the Baralt municipality, Caldera pointed out that there are five “serious” homes, as well as damage to the San Pedro bridge, two landslides in a mountain located between Baralt and Lara, fallen traffic lights and the collapse of an aqueduct were recorded.
Nine patients from the Dr. Luis Razetti hospital were also evacuated, who were transferred to the Integral Diagnostic Centers (CDI) Rancho Grande and La Florida.
In addition, he commented that “they had problems” with an electrical substation and “90% of the electric service in the municipality” was lost, although they had already managed to recover 75%.
On the other hand, the Zulian governor said that in Lagunillas the only damage recorded were “fallen traffic lights and a building of a family bohío that collapsed”; While in the Mara 21 Palafitos municipality they were affected and two collapsed.
In Maracaibo, Caldera said, the main affectation was in the Santa Barbara church, located in the central town of the city. In the urbanization the modines were reported “cracks”, while buildings of more than 15 floors were evacuated as a preventive measure.
Regarding damage to the General Rafael Urdaneta bridge, known as the bridge over the lake, the governor indicated that an infrastructure team is reviewing and performing maintenance efforts.
The Chavista leader said that a “protocol” was implemented with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), mainly for the area of the protection dike of the oil zone. «At this time the flight of a monitoring helicopter starts. Given this seismic movement we have to take care of not having gas or oil leaks ».
The 47 -kilometer containment wall, also known as Costanero, protects the communities of Bachaquero, Lagunillas, Ciudad Ojeda, Aunt Juana and Cabimas, which are below the level of Lake Maracaibo due to the phenomenon of subsidy caused by oil exploitation.
With information from The truth
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