Earthquake Shakes Venezuelan Coast

www.guardian.co.uk Saturday January 25, 2003 6:10 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted the capital and the coast of Venezuela Friday night, but no injuries or major damage were reported.

The tremor hit at about 10:12 p.m. EST and was centered near the eastern coastal town of Higuerote, about 112 miles east of Caracas, Herbert Rendon of the Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Investigations told Globovision television.

The quake rattled Caracas and the northern coastal state of Vargas.