General Discussion

Seismologist that I heard interviewed this morning said that the one quake would have barely concluded by the time the other was starting so she wasn't sure it wasn't more properly termed one long earthquake.

In which case it would be a single 7.5 magnitude on whatever modified scale they're using these days.

14.7 would basically have the Earth's crust shredded. Venezuela would, at the very best, be a rather large pool of magma with bits of Venezuela waiting to submerge or melt. With the rest of the hemisphere being rifted all over the place with magmatic upwellings in the rifts. (Igel checks to make sure he's not hallucinating that phrase ... no, it's actually used)