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Caracas shaken by quake, no injuries reported

by Reuters
Saturday, 16 August 2014 14:09 GMT

CARACAS, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan capital Caracas was shaken on Saturday by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake, though no injuries or major damage were reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8:09 a.m. quake was centered near the town of El Limon, along the country's Caribbean coast about 42 miles west of Caracas. (Reporting by Deisy Buitrago and Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by Alison Williams)

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