Venezuela earthquakes: Why is Central America so vulnerable to tremors?

Venezuela and Japan both felt strong earthquakes this week, but the similarities end there. According to Al Jazeera, the real story isn't just where the quakes hit—it's how well prepared each region is to survive them. Venezuela and much of Central America face far greater risk from seismic activity, not because the ground shakes harder there, but because building codes and construction standards lag far behind what's needed to keep people safe when tremors strike. Japan, by contrast, has spent decades engineering resilience; when the earth moves there, the infrastructure is built to move with it.

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