{"id":764368,"date":"2026-06-27T09:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T09:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/764368\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T09:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T09:01:17","slug":"what-is-a-doublet-earthquake-the-science-behind-twin-tremors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/764368\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a doublet earthquake? The science behind twin tremors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on Jun. 26, 2026, 9:14 PM<\/p>\n

Several of the world\u2019s most destructive earthquakes were actually two or more tremors occurring in rapid succession<\/p>\n

Earthquakes are some of Earth\u2019s deadliest natural disasters<\/a>. One strong tremor can claim thousands of lives in a matter of moments.<\/p>\n

But some setups allow for doublet earthquakes, which are two distinct earthquakes that unfold in rapid succession, a scenario that can compound the damage and turn a disaster into a catastrophe.<\/p>\n

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Doublet earthquakes are twin disasters<\/p>\n

Most earthquakes see a sudden release of energy<\/a> along a fault line, with subsequent aftershocks rattling the affected area for weeks to months after the main event.<\/p>\n

Some of history\u2019s worst quakes were actually twin tremors, known as doublet earthquakes. These events feature \u201ctwo earthquakes of similar magnitude that occur close in time and proximity,\u201d according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).<\/p>\n

\"Venezuela<\/p>\n

A destructive doublet sequence struck northern Venezuela<\/a> on June 24, 2026. Two intense earthquakes occurred within 40 seconds of each other: first a M7.2, followed immediately by a M7.5 about 6 km to the east.<\/p>\n

Scientists studied seismograph readings<\/a> to confirm that they were two distinct earthquakes rather than simply foreshocks or aftershocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Jun. 26, 2026, 9:14 PM Several of the world\u2019s most destructive earthquakes were actually two or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,12645,295,77,66],"class_list":["post-764368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-earthquake","tag-environment","tag-international","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}