14 injured in Venezuelan earthquake

Sunday, September 13, 2009, 15:08 [IST]

Venezuela, Sep 13:An earthquake of 6.2 magintude rocked Carcas, the Venezuelan capital on Saturday, Sep 12, injuring 14 people and damaging few buildings.

The U S Geological Survey reported the epicentre was off Venezuela's Caribbean coast 65 miles west of Caracas.

The head of Venezuela's seismological agency, Francisco Garces said that the earthquake was followed by an aftershock registering 4.0.

Infrastructure Minister Diosdado Cabello said there were no reports of major infrastructure damage.

Oil refineries or other installations in Venezuela's key oil industry also reported of no damage.

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