At least 164 dead and 971 injured after powerful quakes rock Venezuela (opens original article in a new tab)

Powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, collapsing buildings in Caracas and prompting evacuations and tsunami alerts.

• Back-to-back earthquakes of magnitude 7.1 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening.
• Buildings collapsed in Caracas, with residents evacuating and some injured.
• Tsunami alerts were issued for Virgin Islands and Dominican Republic, later lifted for Puerto Rico.