July 16, 2026
- A rare phenomenon of multiple earthquakes hit the world recently.
- California, USA, and Japan experienced 5.6 and 6.9-magnitude earthquakes, respectively.
- Two consecutive earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 jolted Venezuela, damaging homes and infrastructure and injuring and killing several people. Following this, another 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck the country on June 26.
- Additionally, on June 26, the Philippines experienced a 6.7-magnitude earthquake.
- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on the same day, with tremors felt across parts of North India.
- According to experts, this series of earthquakes could not be clubbed together as one event as they were part of different tectonic systems.
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