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The United Nations urgently seeks $296 million for Venezuela earthquake relief operations. Over 3,600 people have died, leaving thousands homeless and many still missing. Donors have already provided $300 million, but a significant funding gap remains. Venezuela's foreign minister requested the release of blocked state assets for recovery efforts. International rescue teams are concluding survivor searches as families search ruins.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological feature beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan's devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami became one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. According to a new study, a thin layer of exceptionally weak, clay-rich sediment beneath the Japan Trench allowed the earthquake rupture to travel all the way to the seafloor, triggering an unusually large vertical displacement that amplified the tsunami.