A new ​earthquake struck ‌off the northern ​coast of ​Venezuela on Friday ⁠afternoon, ​days after ​twin quakes flattened buildings ​and ​killed nearly 1,000 ‌people.

Reuters ⁠witnesses in Caracas and Maracay ​felt ​the ⁠quake, which ​earthquake ​monitor ⁠EMSC said had ⁠a ​4.9 ​magnitude.