India, June 25 -- A second powerful earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.5, struck Venezuela on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey, as per KSN. This came just hours after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake had already shaken the country.

The second quake had a depth of 10 kilometers, and its epicenter was 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of the city of Moron, Venezuela.

Earlier, a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas. The US Geological Survey said the first earthquake's epicenter was west of the community of Morn, located along the country's Caribbean coast, about 168 kilometers (104 miles) west of Caracas, with a depth of 13 kilometers (8 miles).

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