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As Death Toll Spikes, Venezuela’s Earthquakes Test U.S. Disaster Relief

Two powerful earthquakes struck the northern coast of Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing homes and buildings. Without ...

Venezuela's deadly quakes put its U.S.-backed government to the test

Venezuela's La Guaira state bore the brunt of the earthquake damage, bringing memories of a 1999 disaster that became ...

Venezuelan earthquakes test Trump’s new western hemisphere policy after gutting of USAID

Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in January ...
The New York Times

Devastating Earthquakes Will Test Venezuela’s Newfound Alliance With U.S.

President Trump has boasted of the success of an armed intervention in Venezuela. A natural disaster raises pressure to match rhetoric with action. By Anatoly Kurmanaev Venezuela’s worst natural ...
PV Tech

GameChange Solar earthquake tracker testing yields no ‘meaningful power loss’ in most trials

GameChange Solar tested its ‘SpeedClamp’ system at orientations of zero and 60 degrees. Image: GameChange Solar. US tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has completed testing of its Genius Tracker ...

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The ...
KPBS

An earthquake shake table gives recycled steel a chance to test its metal

Structural engineers at UC San Diego were waiting to see how a tall building, made from recycled steel, would react in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake shake table was ready to go as the ...