Did Venezuela’s Twin Earthquakes Trigger Japan & California Quakes? | Explained

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Did Venezuela’s Twin Earthquakes Trigger Japan & California Quakes? | Explained

In the span of just 24 hours, three significant earthquakes struck Venezuela, California, and Japan, raising questions about whether they were connected. Venezuela was hit first by two powerful back-to-back quakes of 7.1 and 7.5 magnitude on June 24, followed by a 5.6 magnitude tremor in Northern California and a 6.9 magnitude quake off Japan’s northern coast. The close timing sparked speculation that one quake triggered the others.

However, experts confirm that these earthquakes are not connected. They occurred on completely different tectonic plate boundaries, Venezuela on the Caribbean and South American plates, while Japan and California lie along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Scientists say earthquakes thousands of kilometres apart on independent fault systems do not trigger one another. The timing was purely coincidental.