Yo, the earth literally split open in Caracas on Wednesday evening, no cap. Two massive, historic earthquakes hit Venezuela's capital back-to-back, leaving the whole city in a state of absolute panic. We ain't talking about no little tremor that makes the windows rattle; this was a straight-up disaster that brought major buildings crashing down, tore up the international airport, and had people running for their lives. The streets are filled with thick dust, and the block is doing whatever it takes to pull survivors out of the wreckage.

Let’s talk about the numbers, because this was a monster event. The USGS confirmed that a crazy magnitude 7.2 foreshock hit first, and then, just 39 seconds later, a massive 7.5 mainshock slammed the ground. The epicenter was over by Moron on the coast, about 168 kilometers west of Caracas, but it was only 13 kilometers deep. That shallow depth means all that violent energy hit the surface hard, shaking up the whole capital and even sending shockwaves all the way into Colombia.

At the Maiquetía international airport, it was pure survival mode. Massive slabs of concrete and plaster started raining down from the ceilings, and social media videos showed passengers sprinting through the corridors, trying to find cover from the falling debris. When the main airport in the country starts falling apart like cardboard, you know the situation on the ground is real bad.

The destruction didn't care about who you were or how much money you had, either. Even in Altamira—which is supposed to be the fancy, high-class area where all the foreign embassies and rich folks live—at least three big buildings completely collapsed. The scene out there was heartbreaking, with people standing in the dust weeping and screaming the names of their grandmothers who they feared were trapped under the heavy concrete. It shows you that when the ground starts moving, money can't save you.

Over in the northern hood of San Bernardino, another building pancaked. You had local guys filming the wreckage, shouting that there were mad injured people trapped inside and calling it a complete disaster. With emergency services stretched thin, the people on the block had to start looking out for each other, trying to clear whatever rubble they could with their bare hands.

Down in the suburb of Baruta, the shaking triggered a massive landslide that came crashing down on residential areas. Civil defense workers had to pull up with stretchers to carry victims out of the shattered buildings. The mayor of Baruta, Darwin González, posted a video of a woman getting dragged out of the rubble, calling on everyone to stay calm and civil. But real talk, how are you supposed to stay calm when your whole neighborhood is sliding down the hill?