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Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors
Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors
<p>Venezuela’s government said on Saturday that 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010800/everything-collapsed-venezuela-region-hit-hardest-by-quakes-cries-for-help">devastating</a> <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010737">twin earthquakes</a>, which killed more than 900 people this week, as it tightened access to the worst-affected state.</p>
<p>Residents and volunteers in La Guaira, a popular destination for beachgoers where at least 100 buildings, many residential high-rises, were destroyed or damaged, have for days decried shortages of heavy equipment and a limited official presence.</p>
<p>Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez said in an overnight address on state television that 10 more countries were still to join rescue efforts and 14,000 military and police members were in La Guaira to patrol and take sanitary measures.</p>
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Venezuela Races To Rescue Hundreds Trapped After Devastating Twin Quakes
Venezuela Races To Rescue Hundreds Trapped After Devastating Twin Quakes
Updated 26 June 2026 at 07:27 IST
Venezuela faced devastation after two earthquakes near Caracas, killing nearly 190 people and leaving hundreds trapped under rubble. A magnitude 7.2 quake struck 160 km from the capital, followed by a stronger 7.5 tremor. The country's fragile infrastructure, weakened by years of economic turmoil, hindered rescue efforts amidst ongoing aftershocks.
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Hundreds of people in Venezuela were trapped under rubble and many more remained unaccounted for on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes devastated areas in and around the capital Caracas, killing nearly 190 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving thousands homeless.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas on Wednesday evening, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, the strongest since 1900, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The disaster hit a country already wea…
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Rescuers pulled a man from under the rubble of a nine-story building in Venezuela in a “miraculous” operation eight days after the
devastating earthquakes
that hit the country.
Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 44, who was buried under 29-feet of wreckage from a collapsed shopping mall parking lot in La Guaira, was freed on Thursday amid a delicate days-long effort by local and international rescue teams.
Flores is in “good condition” after being rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building eight days after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes, according to Chile’s fire brigade, which was involved in the rescue.
“He has now been transferred to a medical facility,” said the fire brigade in a post on X, adding that it had taken 70 hours to rescue Gil Flores.
The man’s wife, Gusbimar Gonzales, told CNN moments before the successful rescue that she had experienced “days of great sorrow” following the earthquakes as she thought he might be dead. “But once I found ou…
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Aid groups warn Venezuela's healthcare system is near its ... - CTPost
People reach out to receive supplies from volunteers, days after an earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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Resident Kerli Faria takes a break amid the rubble while searching for her nephews at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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Rscuers from Spain mobilized though the area affected in the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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Ogleisys Cisneros holds her son, Santiago Medina, while waiting in line for government humanitarian aid, days after an earthquake struck in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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Residents search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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An aerial view of Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes. (Miguel Medina/Pool Phot…
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ANI28 Jun 2026, 07:00 GMT+10
Caracas [Venezuela], June 28 (ANI): The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) detected an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 off the coast of Venezuela.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake impacted the waters off the coast of Aragua with the seismic event occurring days after the region experienced twin earthquakes that reportedly resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30km
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Meanwhile, US Department of State's Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said, 'By bringing international disaster response programs under the State Department, the U.S. government is able to respond more rapidly and more effectively to disasters. After the earthquakes in Venezuela, the U.S. immediately mobilized, activating urban search and rescue teams and the delivery of humanitarian and medical supplies.'
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Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez thanked United Arab Emirates President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his condolences to the affected families.
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'Everything blew up': A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela ...
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Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes – or cannot safely return to them – after the deadly quakes that struck the country on 24 June.
Venezuelan authorities have declared seven days of national mourning. At least 2,295 people have died and 11,256 have been injured, with around 6,400 rescued so far.
Fourteen camps for displaced people have been set up in La Guaira alone, as hospitals remain under severe strain and search and rescue operations continue.
Daniela Jaramillo arrived at Playa Grande with her husband, her father, her five children – the youngest just ten months old – and the family dog, who was pregnant, after two nights sleeping rough outside a police station.
The earthquake struck as the family talked in the hallway of their home. “We grabbed the children, put them in the middle and held on to each other,” Ms Jaramillo said. “We watched the pieces coming down, the walls. The most important thing wa…
CHILE engaged materially VENEZUELA in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
MIAMI — More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.
MIAMI — More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.
A deportation flight from Miami arrived in Caracas hours before Wednesday’s earthquakes. On board were 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First, which tracks deportation flights.
Lisbeth Portillo, 58, said she escaped the rubble from the hotel with about 20 other deportees who walked the streets looking for help. They saw people running, some naked and others barefoot as they emerged from the rubble of the building in La Guaira, one of the areas that was hardest hit in Wednesday’s 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes.
“We walked about five kilometres, and I cried and cried … there was no communication,” Portillo said in a phone interview from her home in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
A helicopter takes off from a U.S. Navy ship docked at the seaport to support earthquake relief efforts in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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How will America respond to Venezuela's deadly quakes?
How will America respond to Venezuela's deadly quakes?
DISTRAUGHT PEOPLE walk the streets of La Guaira, a city 30 minutes’ drive from Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. They carry pamphlets bearing images of relatives who have not been seen since June 24th, whentwo powerful earthquakesshook the country. Their voices are hoarse from calling out their loved ones’ names.
La Guaira, on the coast, was worst affected by the tremors which struck only 39 seconds apart. Four days on, the search for survivors continues. In the beginning brave individuals lifted rubble with their hands. Now international teams from at least 20 countries have turned up with state of the art equipment, dogs, and heavy-lifting machinery. People are, remarkably, still being retrieved alive. But the death toll is rising. By June 28th the number of people known to have been killed across Venezuela had reached 1,450 with another 3,150 injured.
Morgues in La Guaira are overflowing. Thousands of people have been displaced. And anger at aspects of the response is growing. Police and some emergency rescue teams were deployed around Caracas immediately after the quakes. However, residents in La Guaira say they were left to…
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — A mix of rescue teams and civilians on Sunday peered at a mountain of rubble almost indistinguishable from the other ruins lining swathes of the northern Venezuelan coast follow...
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — A mix of rescue teams and civilians on Sunday peered at a mountain of rubble almost indistinguishable from the other ruins lining swathes of the northern Venezuelan coast following two devastating earthquakes.
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Two boys, 11, pulled alive from Venezuela earthquake rubble
Two boys, 11, pulled alive from Venezuela earthquake rubble
ByPERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Published:07:18 EDT, 28 June 2026|Updated:21:20 EDT, 28 June 2026
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Two 11-year-old boys have been separately pull alive from the rubble of decimated buildings hours apart in Venezuela, days after a pair of earthquakes devastated the country.
Footage shared by interim president Delcy Rodríguez showed a huge team of emergency workers coming down from a pile of rubble with a young boy on their shoulders.
Others were seen wheeling a stretcher over to him, placing the child on it to attend to him.
Rodríguez said in her post to social media: 'A short while ago, an 11-year-old boy was rescued alive in Caraballeda. In these hours, every life is hope for Venezuela.'
And in another video, this time taken in La Guaira, rescuers found 11-year-old Moises in the rubble of a building.
Officials said: 'After six hours of high-precision work, our rescuers managed to reach the boy who was at a depth of 3 meters and extract him safely.'
Venezuela was devastated by the two earthquakes, which had magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, on June 24.
Top lawmaker Jorge Rodríguez has called it…
MEDIA ALERT: WCK Scales Earthquake Response Across Venezuela as Death ...
MEDIA ALERT: WCK Scales Earthquake Response Across Venezuela as Death ...
Caracas, Venezuela —Five days after the deadly June 24 earthquakes, as the death toll and displacement continue to rise, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is expanding its emergency response across the states of Miranda (Caracas), La Guaira, and Carabobo. Working alongside 19 local restaurant and community partners, WCK has already served thousands of fresh meals to families affected by the disaster.
Within hours of the earthquake, WCK activated our longstanding network of local restaurant partners, suppliers, volunteers, and community organizations to serve meals where they were needed most.
The initial phase of the response focused on ready-to-eat meal distributions while teams conducted rapid assessments. As needs became clearer, WCK expanded operations to support displaced families in earthquake-damaged neighborhoods, hospitals, shelters, and community centers throughout the region.
WCK’s longstanding presence in Venezuela enabled our team to respond immediately. Since 2019, WCK has supported communities across the country, including following Hurricane Julia in 2022 and Hurricane Beryl in Sucre in 2024. Th…
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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
After Venezuela's earthquakes, anger grows over government and military ...
After Venezuela's earthquakes, anger grows over government and military ...
Following twin earthquakes last week, Venezuelans are struggling to rescue survivors and recover. Many people say they’re not getting enough from their own government. But the disaster is also testing the United States’ role in the country.
Rescue efforts continue in La Guaira, the coastal state north of the Venezuelan capital Caracas, which was hardest hit by back-to-back earthquakes last week.
In Venezuela’s earthquake zone, many people are furious.
In one widely shared video circulating online, a civilian rescue worker yelled at members of the Venezuelan military who were standing near the rubble with long rifles.
“Why did you bring weapons?” he shouted. “You should have brought a shovel, a pickaxe. We’re not at war. We’re in an emergency.”
The anger is easy to hear in La Guaira, the coastal state north of the capital, Caracas, that was hardest hit byback-to-back earthquakeslast week. According to official counts, more than 2,000 people were killed, and at least 10,000 were left homeless. The numbers, though, are considered an undercount.
The disaster is also testing the US role in Venezuela. This…
Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn
Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn
<p>Rescuers from around the world pushed on Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010737">Venezuela’s massive quakes</a> that <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2011646">killed over 1,700 people</a>, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for.</p>
<p>The twin quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 — the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century — likely damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data published by Nasa.</p>
<p>By the latest official count, some 1,700 are dead and 5,000 are injured, with no governmental word on the number of missing. Other estimates place these in the tens of thousands.</p>
<p>At the only public cemetery in the capital Caracas, the two crematory ovens have been working at full capacity.</p>
<p>Between Friday and Sunday, 60 to 70 burials were held each day.</p>
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U.S. Quake-Relief Efforts Collide With Anger at Venezuela's Government
U.S. Quake-Relief Efforts Collide With Anger at Venezuela's Government
CARACAS, Venezuela—With time running out, firefighters and paramedics from Virginia equipped with concrete-cutting saws, acoustic devices and precision-locating equipment gingerly pulled out a father and son trapped for four days.
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance. Residents who have seen little but death since twin earthquakes hit last Wednesday broke out in applause and shouted, “Gracias! Gracias!”
By contrast, crowds jeered at the acting Venezuelan president, Delcy Rodríguez, chanting “Get out! Get out!” when she went to visit one hard-hit neighborhood. Venezuelans searching for loved ones mocked Venezuelan National Guard troops, yelling that they were incompetent and only good for crushing protests. Some people have lambasted servicemembers for taking selfies outside flattened buildings. In one widely shared video, a man drives a soldier and an official from his ransacked home.
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela’s state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430.
Families reported at least 68,900 people missing Saturday, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit states. They were joined by a growing number of international rescue teams who began to climb through the rubble, offering a small glint of hope to anguished families.
Tensions peaked over what many Venezuelans viewed as an inadequate response by the government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy. Frustration was amplified by efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours as crucial for retrieving people alive, though that can be extended if they have access to food and water. Venezuelan …
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Serve On volunteers are actively seeking ways to get to Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, after it was devastated by back-to-back high magnitude earthquakes (Serve On/PA)
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A specialist team of British crisis-response volunteers heading to Venezuela to help after the devastating earthquake has been stuck in Madrid airport for more than 24 hours.
Serve On, a UK-based charity, has a team of 11 people and one dog trying to get to Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, after it was devastated by back-to-back high magnitude earthquakes on Wednesday.
Venezuela is still waiting for relief services to arrive as the specialist team of British crisis-response volunteers has been held in Madrid airport since Friday evening (Serve On/PA)
The team possesses seismic and acoustic equipment that can sense movement of deeply buried victims, and their team leader, Vernon Young, to…
Venezuelans comb quake rubble in search for survivors - NBC 6
Venezuelans comb quake rubble in search for survivors - NBC 6
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Venezuelans comb quake rubble in search for survivors: ‘There are still people alive in there'
The toll from the devastating 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes that struck late Wednesday climbed to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, authorities said.
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NBC6’s Julia Bagg and Chernéy Amhara report on the latest on the destruction in Venezuela, as well as the relief efforts coming out of South Florida.
Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of
back-to-back earthquakes
, saying they have not seen state rescue teams despite authorities projecting an image of a robust government response.
The toll from the devastating
7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes that struck late Wednesday
climbed to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, authorities said. Desperate families across northern Venezuela searched in the ruins of buildings for family members and whatever remained of their lives.
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Just after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, two earthquakes hit Venezuela in rapid succession. Members of our in-country team, headquartered in the capital city of Caracas, immediately deployed to the affected area. The long- and short-term effects of these earthquakes are likely to be severe. Here is what we currently know.
Why Were the Earthquakes in Venezuela So Devastating?
Venezuela experienced two powerful earthquakes in quick succession (known as a “severe seismic doublet sequence”), with both originating from the same location: near San Felipe, a city of more than 200,000 people some 90 miles from Caracas. The first quake, called a foreshock, measured at 7.2 in magnitude, and the second, called a mainshock, occurred 39 seconds later and measured at 7.5—making it the largest of the 11 earthquakes to hit Venezuela since a 7.6-magnitude quake shook the cou…
Anatomy of a Disaster: The June 2026 Venezuelan Seismic Doublet
Anatomy of a Disaster: The June 2026 Venezuelan Seismic Doublet
Introduction to Venezuela’s Recent Tectonic Activity
On the evening of June 24, 2026, the northwestern coast of Venezuela experienced a catastrophic geological event that severely tested the resilience of its built environment and the capacity of its transitional government. A highly destructive seismic doublet—comprising a moment magnitude 7.2 foreshock and a magnitude 7.5 mainshock occurring just thirty-nine seconds apart—struck the coastal region near the community of Morón in Carabobo state
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The disaster resulted in dozens of collapsed mid-rise and high-rise buildings, significant infrastructure disruptions including the emergency closure of the Simón Bolívar International Airport, and a tragic toll of casualties
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
Aid groups warn Venezuela's healthcare system is near its limit ...
Aid groups warn Venezuela's healthcare system is near its limit ...
Resident Kerli Faria takes a break amid the rubble while searching for her nephews at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week aftertwo powerful earthquakes, with damaged and understaffed hospitals getting overwhelmed by the injured and infectious diseases flaring in the disaster zone.
Meanwhile, the number of official rescues has dropped dramatically in the last three days, the government said, from 5,380 people saved in the first two days after the quakes to just four people found alive Monday by authorities. The prime window for finding earthquake survivors is typically 48 to 72 hours, but it ispossible to survive longerdepending on factors such as temperature and access to water or food.
The sole survivor rescued by Tuesday afternoon was a toddler who had been trapped for six days under a collapsed building, said Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly.
Those n…
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Five days after powerful earthquakes struck central-northern Venezuela, the death toll continues to climb along with the intense rescue operation and the UN coordinates humanitarian assistance, warning that recovery “is going to take time.”
Venezuelan authorities confirmed on Monday thatat least 1,719 people have diedfollowing the earthquakes of 24 June, with some 5,000 more injured.Around 12,000 people have been displaced, and officials have yet to confirm a figure for the missing.
In a press briefing for correspondents in New York, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Venezuela, Gianluca Rampolla, said that seven people were pulled alive from the rubble on Sunday as search efforts continue.
He also reported thatthe UN and Venezuelan authorities had agreed to procure 10,000 body bags in anticipation of the death toll rising further.
Seven states have been affected, but the greatest concentration of casualties is in La Guaira state and the Distrito Capital of Caracas.Around 2,500 structures were damaged, many of which have collapsed entirely.
Conditions on the ground remain ha…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
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The most shocking footage of Venezuela's killer earthquake
The most shocking footage of Venezuela's killer earthquake
ByPERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Published:07:01 EDT, 25 June 2026|Updated:12:45 EDT, 25 June 2026
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Harrowing footage has revealed the extent of the damage and chaos inflicted on Venezuela by a pair of massive earthquakes last night.
The back-to-back 7.1 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakesstruck near the coast, sending terrified residents racing out from swaying apartment blocks as walls collapsed and clouds of dust rose over the capital.
'High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,' the US Geological Survey said, 'with an initial death toll estimate likely between 10,000 and 100,000.'
On Thursday, Venezuelan authorities said at least 164 people had been killed, while hundreds more have been injured.
The quakes are among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century, although strong earthquakes are unusual in the country.
In one particularly shocking video, a building's façade collapsed on a busy street, forcing people to flee in terror.
Venezuelan citizens were heard screaming in terror, and seen running for their lives, catching each othe…
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Venezuela Declares Emergency After Twin Quakes Flatten Buildings ...
Venezuela has declared a nationwide state of emergency after two powerful earthquakes struck off its northern coast within seconds of each other, triggering widespread destruction, collapsing buildings in the capital Caracas and setting off a massive rescue operation. The seismic doublet, a 7.2-magnitude foreshock followed by a stronger 7.5-magnitude earthquake, rattled large parts of the country on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings across parts of the Caribbean and raising fears of significant casualties as emergency teams race to assess the damage.
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez announced the emergency measure late Wednesday, saying the government had activated all available resources to respond to the
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Relatives are desperately searching for their loved ones after a hotel holding more than 100 Venezuelans who were deported by the US on Wednesday collapsed during deadly earthquakes that same evening.
The deportees were taken to Hotel Santuario in La Guaira, a coastal city north of the capital, Caracas. Hours later, two once-in-a-century earthquakes struck Venezuela within seconds of each other, causing widespread damage across La Guaira, killing at least 1,943 people, with many more still missing.
Ninoska Gutierrez was one of those who survived the devastation at the Hotel Santuario.
“We were all alarmed; in fact, I ran out barefoot in just my top — I mean, there was no time for anything else,” she recounted to CNN.
“When I open the door of the room,…
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The earthquakes happened near Venezuela's northern coast. A 7.2 quake hit first followed just 39 seconds later by a 7.5 quake a few miles away.
Rescue teams have been working to find survivors, but many buildings have collapsed and are hard to dig through.
Relief efforts are also on the way, from Christian ministries like Operation Blessing, Samaritan's Purse, and Convoy of Hope.
CBN News spoke with Diego Traverso, the senior director of Operation Blessing's global disaster response about what they'll be taking to provide help in Venezuela.
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Venezuela quake death toll rises to nearly 3,000; foreign rescue teams begin winding down operations
Venezuela quake death toll rises to nearly 3,000; foreign rescue teams begin winding down operations
<p>Venezuela’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010737">devastating twin earthquakes</a> killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster.</p>
<p>Fatalities jumped by more than 300 from Friday to 2,954, following the June 24 disaster that has left thousands homeless in the streets and sheltering in camps.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands more are still reported missing. The government has not given any estimates, but the United Nations has estimated as many as 50,000 are unaccounted for following the 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude shocks.</p>
<p>One of Latin America’s worst earthquake disasters hit hardest in the coastal La Guaira area north of the capital, Caracas, where scores of residential complexes were flattened.</p>
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Emergency workers have been desperately racing to rescue people trapped under collapsed buildings after a
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Three children were among those pulled to safety in a miraculous rescue that aired on state television. Video showed the young children climbing over piles of rubble in La Guaira.
In another video
, an emergency worker heaves a large stone aside while working to free people from the wreckage.
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CARACAS– The fallout from Venezuela'spowerful twin quakeshas evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday.
A day after Rodríguezangrily defendedthe competence of her government's relief effort at her first news conference since the June 24 disaster, her main rival, exiled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureateMaría Corina Machado,issued her own appeal.
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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Powerful twin earthquakes hammer Venezuela, killing at least 188
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A pair of powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela less than a minute apart Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and killing at least 188 people.
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At least 1,520 people were injured, President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, said Thursday on state media. He added that at least 157 people are still missing and almost 3,000 families are impacted by the earthquakes.
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the first quake was near the town of San Felipe, about 100 miles west of the capital, and the second, larger quake, with a magnitude of 7.5, struck only 39 seconds later, near the town of Yumare.
“High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likel…
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
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powerful twin quakes
has evolved into a major test for acting Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday.
A day after Rodríguez angrily defended the competence of her government’s relief effort at her first news conference since the June 24 disaster, her main rival, exiled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado, issued her own appeal.
Machado on Friday argued that the government’s quake response exposed its critical weaknesses and that she should return to Venezuela to help “the transition process, especially after the tragedy.”
“My presence stabilizes the situation; it is part of the organizing forces that the …
Venezuela quake death toll hits 1,719 as anger at government grows
Venezuela quake death toll hits 1,719 as anger at government grows
Venezuela's earthquake catastrophe entered its fifth day Monday with rescue crews still combing through mountains of rubble for survivors, even as mounting anger about the government's handling of the disaster threatened to open a new political front for the country's embattled socialist leadership.
Authorities said the official death toll has now risen to at least 1,719, with 5,034 injured, 15,866 displaced from their homes and 22,619 people officially classified as affected, according to updated figures released Monday by National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez. The latest toll marks another sharp increase in casualties from the twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 just 39 seconds apart, though many analysts warn the final death toll could climb significantly higher.
The humanitarian emergency remains most severe in La Guaira, Caracas and surrounding central states, where hundreds of aftershocks continue to rattle already weakened structures, complicating rescue efforts and keeping many residents too fearful to return home.
Rodríguez said the country has now recorded 611 …
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Aid groups have warned that Venezuela’s fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, with damaged and understaffed hospitals overwhelmed by the injured and deteriorating conditions in the disaster zone causing infectious diseases to spread.
The scores of international and domestic teams across Venezuela remain focused on the search for survivors, with the government death toll surpassing 1,700 and new bodies still being hauled out from the rubble.
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Franklin Fuentes searches for missing relatives in the collapsed building where they lived two days after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful
back-to-back earthquakes
, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira.
Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes struck northern Venezuela, attention turned to the humanitarian crisis that was taking shape in devastated regions.
The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government.
Major questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government under acting President Delcy Rodríguez — who came to power in January after the Trump administration seized former President Nicolás Maduro — will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.
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At least 164 dead and 971 injured after powerful quakes rock Venezuela
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At least 164 people have died and 971 were injured after a pair of powerful quakes rocked Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Thursday.
Wednesday evening’s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes were among the
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and could be felt throughout the region. Buildings were evacuated in places as far away as Brazil’s Amazon, about 1,700 kilometers (1,050 miles) from Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
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Caracas [Venezuela], June 28 (ANI): The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) detected an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 off the coast of Venezuela.
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After two massive earthquakes hit Venezuela Wednesday night, at least 164 people were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured.
Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew among anguished residents of the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, where rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors amid a sharply rising death toll.
Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation.
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one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
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efforts to find anyone still trapped alive
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The confirmed death toll from the 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude quakes, which struck within a minute of each other just after 6 p.m. local time on June 24, had risen to more than 1,700 by Tuesday.
With thousands of people still missing, rescuers said time was quickly running out to reach anyone who survived the temblors.
Search efforts in the state of La Guaira, which hugs Venezuela's northern Caribbean coastline, have continued apace, and an American task force from Fairfax, Virginia was among those working near the epicenter of the catastrophe on Monday.
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Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced after pulling a 43-year-old man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes.
With the official death toll nearing 2,300 and huge numbers of people still missing, the rescue of security guard Hernan Gil after so long under the rubble was greeted as a miracle.
Mr Gil was brought out on a stretcher after a painstaking operation to extract him from the collapsed seven-story building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal area almost entirely razed to the ground in the 24 June catastrophe.
"This is truly a miracle," Mr Gil's wife Gusbimar Gonzalez told AFP before his rescue.
There were cheers as Hernan Gil was pulled alive from the rubble
"I'm completely amazed because it's the first time I've seen so many countries come together like this to save a single person," she said.
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
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UN scales up Venezuela earthquake relief as damage reaches $37 billion
Government figures showed more than 3,340 people have died, over 16,740 were injured, and approximately 17,000 residents remain homeless.
The United Nations and partners are expanding relief operations in response to Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes and supporting the government’s humanitarian response.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric confirmed the update at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
“We and our partners are continuing to scale up assistance to impacted people by the earthquakes, in coordination with the Government,” Mr Dujarric said.
Two earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, only 39 seconds apart, causing widespread devastation.
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At least 164 people have died and 971 were injured after a pair of powerful quakes rocked Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Thursday.
Wednesday evening’s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes were among the
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew among anguished residents of the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, where rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors amid a sharply rising death toll.
Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the country’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
Frustration was only amplified by state efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
“There’s a pile of bodies over there from last night. Newborn babies. Look what time it is, and they still haven’t come to recover them. At 8 p.…
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Desperate search in Venezuela as anxious families wait to see if relatives survived earthquakes
Residents of La Guaira, one of the areas hardest hit by Wednesday’s earthquake in Venezuela surveyed the destruction Thursday waiting for official aid to arrive. The powerful earthquakes killed at least 164 people, injured nearly 1,000. Many are trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
Rescue teams have begun arriving in the hard-hit Venezuelan city of La Guaira to assist with search and rescue operations after a pair of powerful earthquakes.
Residents walks through the rubble two days after earthquakes struck Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Rescue workers place Daniel Cordero on a stretcher after pulling him from the rubble two days after an earthquake struck Catia la Mar, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble two days after an earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez)
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Venezuelans comb quake rubble in search for survivors: ‘There are still people alive in there'
The toll from the devastating 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes that struck late Wednesday climbed to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, authorities said.
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Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of
back-to-back earthquakes
, saying they have not seen state rescue teams despite authorities projecting an image of a robust government response.
The toll from the devastating
7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes that struck late Wednesday
climbed to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, authorities said. Desperate families across northern Venezuela searched in the ruins of buildings for family members and whatever remained of their lives.
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Venezuela’s death toll from last week’s twin earthquakes has climbed to 1,943, with more than 10,000 people injured as rescue and relief operations continue across the country’s worst-affected regions.
The revised toll comes as authorities press ahead with search and rehabilitation efforts under a state of emergency. The armed forces have been deployed to support rescue work, while temporary shelters and medical teams continue assisting thousands of displaced and injured residents.
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
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Over 2,200 Rescuers from 27 Countries Mobilized in Search Efforts Under Rubble in Venezuela
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Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to 1,430 - RTÉ
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An aerial view shows collapsed buildings in Catia La Mar, La Guaira
The death toll in the twin earthquakes which rocked Venezuela earlier this week has risen to 1,430, senior politician Jorge Rodriguez has said.
Another 3,200 people were injured and 3,100 have been left homeless by the disaster, he said on state television.
More than 50,000 people are unaccounted for and the United Nations' aid chief Tom Fletcher has warned that the death toll could rocket.
The UN migration agency said it had examined available population and damage data and had determined that "up to 6.76 million people could be affected," and would "require emergency shelter, safe water, sanitation and hygiene services, healthcare, protection support and essential relief items".
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful
back-to-back earthquakes
, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira.
Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes struck northern Venezuela, attention turned to the humanitarian crisis that was taking shape in devastated regions.
The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government.
Major questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government under acting President Delcy Rodríguez — who came to power in January after the Trump administration seized former President Nicolás Maduro — will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.
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Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 1,430 as frustration grows ...
Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 1,430 as frustration grows ...
Desperation set in on Saturday among Venezuelans trying to locate their loved ones alive among piles of rubble, where public housing buildings and ocean view towers stood until twin powerful earthquakes brought them down midweek. People in the community of Caraballeda went so far as to block an excavator from leaving the site of a collapse and to pull the operator from its cabin shortly after state workers took selfies in front of flattened buildings and left without having helped at all. (AP Video shot by Andry Rincón)
Omar Guariato was celebrating his granddaughter’s 5th birthday at home when the earthquakes began. As he sat in a camp for displaced people in the hard-hit La Guaira, he recalled the moment the house next door collapsed.
Footage showed panic in the streets of Caracas as back-to-back earthquakes struck the Venezuelan capital. A rare double earthquake ravaged Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 920 and injuring another 3,360, authorities said. Many more are feared dead.
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Rescue operation continues to save Venezuelan trapped under rubble one week after quakes
Rescue operation continues to save Venezuelan trapped under rubble one week after quakes
<p>Hundreds of rescuers were working late on Wednesday to save a 43-year-old Venezuelan man who has survived for a week under the ruins of a seven-story building, an <em>AFP</em> reporter witnessed.</p>
<p>Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, is trapped inside his booth under the building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal area almost entirely razed to the ground in the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010745">June 24 twin earthquakes</a>, magnitude 7.2 and 7.5.</p>
<p>Rescue teams from seven countries — Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico — have been working around-the-clock over the past three days to reach him.</p>
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Powerful Twin Quakes Jolt Venezuela, Many Casualties Feared As ...
Venezuela Earthquake:Venezuela was struck by two powerful earthquakes in quick succession late Wednesday, causing severe damage in and around the capital, Caracas, and fuelling concerns about significant loss of life.
The first quake, measuring magnitude 7.2, hit near San Felipe, roughly 284 kilometres (176 miles) west of Caracas, at 22:04 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Moments later, a second and even stronger magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck near Yumare, about 293 kilometres (182 miles) west of the capital.
The back-to-back tremors sent shockwaves across the country, damaging structures and prompting residents to flee buildings as authorities assessed the scale of the disaster.
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage
Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage
<p>At least 1,719 people are reported to have died after two devastating earthquakes struck northwestern Venezuela last week. The final casualty count is expected to rise significantly. Some media outlets report resident’s growing frustration with the Venezuelan government and its recovery efforts. Sky News on June 29 reported that the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian […]</p>
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The situation is growing more
desperate by the hour in Venezuela
as people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings three days after twin earthquakes struck the country.
Jorge Rodriguez, the president of the National Assembly, said Saturday afternoon the death toll has risen to 1,430. Another 3,238 people are injured, he said.
Venezuelans have taken the search for missing loved ones into their own hands, citing a scarcity of government rescuers. Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours to be a crucial time frame to retrieve people alive, though that can be extended if they have access to food and water.
Venezuelans reported seeing few state rescue teams
in the hardest-hit areas
, despite authorities projecting an image of a robust government response. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said the Venezuelan government was mounting a full response during these "critical hours for rescuing people alive" and welcomed the arrival of international rescuers and humanitarian aid.
Diana Sandrano told "CBS Saturday Morning" her brother has been missing for two days. The building where he liv…
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
[1/3] 2026-06-28 12:41:49 - [Severe shortage of supplies in areas hit hardest by the strong earthquake in Venezuela] On June 27, local time, a reporter from the main station arrived in La Guaira state...
[1/3] 2026-06-28 12:41:49 - [Severe shortage of supplies in areas hit hardest by the strong earthquake in Venezuela] On June 27, local time, a reporter from the main station arrived in La Guaira state, the hardest hit area by the strong earthquake in Venezuela, on a motorcycle. The
Looting Erupts in La Guaira, Venezuela Amid Catastrophe: Scores Raid Shattered Stores
Looting Erupts in La Guaira, Venezuela Amid Catastrophe: Scores Raid Shattered Stores
As rescue teams tirelessly search for survivors amidst the rubble left by Wednesday's powerful earthquakes in Venezuela, chaos unfolded on Thursday as numerous individuals looted damaged shops in La Guaira and Catia La Mar. This scene starkly highlights the dire situation faced by a population already battered by years of economic turmoil.
Images released by
EFE
depicted hundreds of people scaling collapsed structures and traversing cracked streets to enter supermarkets, pharmacies, and other businesses severely impacted by the seismic activity.
Among the stolen goods were essentials such as food and medicines, along with luxury items like beverages, televisions, washing machines, and air conditioning units.
A branch of the pharmacy chain
Farmatodo
in Catia La Mar was particularly hard-hit. After a massive influx of people, its shelves were left entirely bare.
Gabriel Aldana
, an 18-year-old resident of Caraballeda, described to EFE the scene when the local shop he was in was overwhelmed: "Suddenly, they started breaking down a wall where snacks, sodas, and other items were stored, and I was ther…
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Caracas [Venezuela], June 28 (ANI): The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) detected an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 off the coast of Venezuela.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake impacted the waters off the coast of Aragua with the seismic event occurring days after the region experienced twin earthquakes that reportedly resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30km
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Meanwhile, US Department of State's Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said, 'By bringing international disaster response programs under the State Department, the U.S. government is able to respond more rapidly and more effectively to disasters. After the earthquakes in Venezuela, the U.S. immediately mobilized, activating urban search and rescue teams and the delivery of humanitarian and medical supplies.'
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Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez thanked United Arab Emirates President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his condolences to the affected families.
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
'They came to take selfies, not to help': Venezuela… - inkl
'They came to take selfies, not to help': Venezuela… - inkl
The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 1,430, with more than 3,200 injured and over 50,000 people missing, as rescue crews raced against time on Saturday to find survivors days after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck the nation.
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Experts say the first 72 hours after natural disasters are the key window for finding the living. That window has now closed. The search for survivors has become a search for bodies.
In La Guaira, the hardest-hit coastal state north of Caracas, the air reeks of death. Sirens wail as ambulances and rescue vehicles race through the streets. Dust coats the communities. In punishing heat, more people wear masks as the stench of decomposition spreads.
A mother was forced to transport her own daughter's body to a morgue in Caracas. Her daughter, and son-in-law, did not survive the tumbling debris of their home in La Guaira on Wednesday.
"We were the ones who pulled them out ourselves. No help ever came," she told AFP. The couple would be cremated without a wake due to the rapidly advancing decomposition of t…
Helping Venezuela: Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old ...
Helping Venezuela: Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old ...
DORAL, Fla. — El Salvador was waiting for updates from their president after rescuers found a 15-year-old girl who was trapped under the rubble since the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck on Wednesday in Venezuela.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele deployed the first search-and-rescue teams and paramedics on Thursday to work in the disaster zones in northern Venezuela’s state of La Guaira.
On Friday morning, Bukele shared an update on social media that kept the country and his followers in suspense. It was from a Salvadoran team working in the town of Caraballeda.
“We have found Camila Sofía Medina Rivas alive,” Bukele wrote, as Venezuela’s official death toll had increased to more than 920.
Camila had been “trapped along with her pet on the ninth floor” of a building in the Bahía Mar apartment complex at the Caribe neighborhood, according to Bukele and Salvadoran authorities.
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Death toll soars:
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against a dwindling clock
to find survivors. A lack of heavy machinery and
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near Caracas is now operational, easing a key bottleneck for the
influx of aid
pouring in from other countries. In addition to supplies, the US and other nations have
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to help on the ground.
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Mounting frustration:
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after decades of neglect for Venezuela’s healthcare system. Residents have grown
frustrated by the slow pace
of operations as they endure an
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German Bello, right, a volunteer with the Mexican search-and-rescue brigade Los Topos Azteca, embraces a Venezuelan man who approached the team to thank them as they departed for Venezuela from Mexico City’s airport, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernanda Pesce)
German Bello, right, a volunteer with the Mexican search-and-rescue brigade Los Topos Azteca, embraces a Venezuelan man who approached the team to thank them as they departed for Venezuela from Mexico City’s airport, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernanda Pesce)
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A man dressed head-to-toe in bright orange carefully stacks a dozen cardboard boxes on a luggage cart at
Mexico City’s
international airport. He is not an ordinary traveler. And these are not ordinary boxes.
They contain body bags.
The man is Germán Bello, a 39-year-old volunteer with the Brigada Internacional de Rescate Topos Azteca, one of Mexico’s best-known civilian search-and-rescue organizations. Founded after the
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On Tuesday night, Bello was heading into one of Venezuela’s deadliest natural disasters in modern history. Nearly a week after
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US races to reopen Venezuela port as quake deaths top 1,700 - RFI
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Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighborhoods of multi-story buildings in the coastal state of La Guaira, hopes of finding survivors are fading.
At a makeshift morgue set up in a port warehouse in La Guaira, hundreds of bodies were stored in white and black body bags and coffins waiting to be identified, an AFP correspondent reported.
Dozens of relatives waited outside for news of their families as forensic personnel in blue uniforms examined the corpses.
"There were 11 people in my household; only two of us survived because we were at work," Wilker Molalla told AFP.…
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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More than 30 people have been rescued in Venezuela this weekend ...
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Children are among the 33 survivors of the devastating earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday following intense rescue efforts this weekend.
But the country continues to be decimated as tens of thousands remain unaccounted for with time for finding additional survivors running short.
The death toll from the twin earthquakes has risen to 1,430 despite foreign rescue teams pouring into coastal La Guaira, near the capital Caracas, the hardest-hit state.
Families and volunteers spent days pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble before the arrival of the more than 1,600 foreign rescue workers, often complaining of scant heavy equipment and a limited official presence, as hundreds of aftershocks deepened damage and kept residents on edge.
The U.S. State Department hailed the rescue of a baby by U.S. rescue crews on Saturday, posting a video on X showing helmet-clad rescuers removing the blanket-wrapped and wailing child from the rubble and handing the newborn to someone who appears to be hi…
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We start today's program in the Venezuelan port of La Guaira on the Caribbean coast, which is now at the heart of one of the country's worst natural disasters. The city bore the brunt of Wednesday's brutal double earthquakes, which killed nearly 1,500 people across the capital and surrounding areas in northern Venezuela. Thousands are still unaccounted for. Rescue teams and volunteers continue to search through the rubble, but hopes of finding more survivors are now fading as time passes. NPR's Eyder Peralta is there in La Guaira. Eyder, you've spent the day traveling along this destroyed coastline. What have you seen?
EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: I mean, it's just total devastation, Don. I mean, last night, we were here late, until the sundown. And we were in front of a building, and there was just this mad rush to try and find people who were making noise from under rubble. And really, it was an ad hoc job. They were tying pieces of concrete onto cars and jus…
Earthquakes in Venezuela: citizens search for missing people in rubble
Earthquakes in Venezuela: citizens search for missing people in rubble
The devastation caused by two consecutive earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 left at least
920 dead
and more than
51,000 missing
in Venezuela, according to official reports on Friday. The number of injured exceeds 3,300, while 243 people have been rescued alive.
Citizens take the search into their own hands
Inhabitants of areas such as La Guaira and Catia La Mar denounce the scarce presence of government rescue teams. With hammers and power tools, neighbors try to remove concrete slabs from collapsed buildings.
“My God, how do we get all the people out of there?” muttered Nazareth Jiménez, who is waiting for news of her brothers and nephews.
Omar Reyes walked among the rubble where two of his children are buried: “I was practically alone in this life.” He stated that about 20 relatives died.
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The acting president Delcy Rodríguez assured that her government is deploying a total response in these “critical hours for the rescue.” He announced the militarization of La Guaira and the arrival of humanitarian ai…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew among anguished residents of the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, where rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors amid a sharply rising death toll.
Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the country’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
Frustration was only amplified by state efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
“There’s a pile of bodies over there from last night. Newborn babies. Look what time it is, and they still haven’t come to recover them. At 8 p.…
RESIDENTS disapproved GOVERNMENT in Caraballeda, Vargas, Venezuela
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CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AP) — The rich and poor shared paradise in Caraballeda on
Venezuela's
Caribbean coast. Their apartments, a few with direct marina access and hundreds in public housing towers, stood on the same curving street and offered idyllic views of the white sandy beaches and crystal waters.
The yacht owners and public transit riders who shared this road epitomized the social integration that the government set out to accomplish. Many of them enjoying a holiday or resting at home on June 24 met the same fate when the ground shook so violently that their
homes flattened in seconds
.
Now, about 17,000 who survived also share the
uncommon status of being homeless in Venezuela
. As the official
death toll climbs above 3,500
, many must rely on a government that has been
excoriated for its response to the tragedy
and that has politicized h…
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Deadly doublet earthquakes strike Venezuela
At least 188 people were killed and more than 940 injured after two major earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday. The back-to-back earthquakes are called "doublet earthquakes," and they’re very rare. LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick spoke about the series of quakes and the situation in Venezuela with geologist Wendy Bohon.
The Brief
Before and after satellite images show the devastating aftermath of the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday.
The back-to-back earthquakes were magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5.
The death toll continues to climb and tens of thousands are still missing.
After
two massive earthquakes
struck
Venezuela
back-to-back late Wednesday, satellite images of the aftermath show the devastation they left behind.
Deadly earthquakes strike Venezuela
The backstory:
On Wednesday evening, a 7.2 magnitude quake struck Venezuela, followed by a magnitude 7.5 just 39 seconds later.
The quakes toppled buildings in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, and beyond.
By the numbers:
The death toll climbed to at least 920 and more than 51,000 missing on Friday.
The num…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
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Venezuela earthquake highlights: Powerful quakes, followed by more than 30 aftershocks, have killed at least 164 people so far. Many others are still trapped under rubble as rescue operations continue. Authorities and emergency teams were working through damaged areas.
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UN teams scrambled on Thursday in support of the international response to the devastating double earthquake disaster in Venezuela, where buildings lie flattened and people are likely still trapped in the capital, Caracas, and beyond.
At least 164 people have been confirmed dead and 971 were injured after the powerful tremors hit northern areas late Wednesday less than one minute apart. It is not yet known how bad the situation is in the worst-hit state of la Guaira.
According to the US Geological Survey, the first earthquake measured 7.2 on the Richter Scale. Its epicentre was near the city of San Felipe, home to some 220,000 people. The second quake was registered at 7.5 magnitude and was reportedly the strongest tremor to hit the country in more than 125 years.
Responding to the emergency, the UN aid office,OCHA, announced the rapid deployment of Urban Search and Rescue Teams from across the international community through the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group.
“I’m in constant contact with our team in Caracas, led by Humanitarian Coordinator Gianluca Rampolla, to en…
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Satellite images of Venezuela show devastation caused by double ...
New satellite images have laid bare the
devastating destruction wrought
by a double
earthquake
in
Venezuela
this week.
On Wednesday 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude
earthquakes struck within 39 seconds
of each other west of the capital
Caracas
.
At least 235 people have
been confirmed dead
so far, 4,300 injured and nearly 50,000 people have been reported missing.
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez declared a
state of emergency
after the earthquakes caused building collapses in the capital and forced the closure of the nation’s main international airport.
The US Geological Survey said there was a 44 per cent probability that fatalities could exceed 10,000.
Search and rescue efforts have continued through Friday with hundreds expected to still be under the rubble.
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Rescuers are desperately searching through piles of rubble in Venezuela after the country was rocked by two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday, leaving scores of people dead and widespread destruction in a country already beset by economic and political turmoil.
At least 589 people have died, 2,980 more have been injured and many remain missing in the largest earthquake event to hit the country in more than a century. The true extent of the toll is still feared to be much higher as crews dig through rubble and survivors are left on the street with nowhere to go.
This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is being led by an interim government after
US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro
earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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CARACAS, June 29 (Reuters) – Residents of Caracas woke up on Monday to an aftershock that rocked their houses, while rescue teams continued their fourth day of round-the-clock work in the areas affected by last week’s powerful earthquakes in Venezuela.
A 4.6-magnitude aftershock centered at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) hit north of the Venezuelan capital Caracas early on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
No damage was immediately reported from the aftershock, the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, said on social media.
Rescue efforts have been focusing particularly on La Guaira, the hardest-hit state of a country long mired in a deep political and economic crisis.
Wednesday’s twin earthquakes have left close to 1,500 people confirmed dead and hundreds of collapsed buildings.
The international community has rallied to help Venezuela in the wake of the disaster. The country has received support from 24 countries, which have sent over 500 metric tons of supplies, more than 2,700 rescue and support personnel and abo…
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A strong aftershock struck Caracas and La Guaira Monday, AFP journalists reported, nearly five days after the
double earthquake
that has already claimed at least 1,450 lives.
The aftershock was felt shortly after 7:00 am (1100 GMT), as the search continues for survivors of last Wednesday’s quakes that rocked northern Venezuela and with fears for the safety of hundreds of
buildings
weakened by the tremors.
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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The situation has grown more desperate by the hour in Venezuela as people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela --The situation has grown more desperate by thehour in Venezuelaas people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings three days after the devastatingone-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes, knowing time is running out to find survivors.
Authorities announced Friday night that they would block access to La Guaira, the epicenter of the destruction, as chaos and traffic were hampering search efforts. Officials said anyone who wants to enter would now have to seek official permits, but provided few details of who would be allowed in. More than 14,000 members of the military and police are patrolling the area, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said on state television Saturday.
Venezuelans took the search for missing loved onesinto their own hands, citing a scarcity of government rescuers, as the human toll of Wednesday's quakes climbed to at least 920 dead and more than 51,000 missing. People reported seeing few stat…
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Photos Show the Destruction in Venezuela From Twin Earthquakes
Two
successive earthquakes
rocked
Venezuela
on Wednesday evening, leaving at least 188 people dead and hundreds missing, and triggering a state of emergency and tsunami warnings.
The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2, while the second, which followed in under a minute, had a magnitude of 7.5—the strongest to hit the country in over a century, according to
U.S. Geological Survey data
. The epicenter of the first quake was roughly 100 miles west of the capital in Caracas, while the second was located just under four miles east, about 19 miles away from the coastal town of Morón.
The disaster has caused extensive damage around the Latin American country. Buildings in Caracas collapsed, the country’s main international airport suffered “serious damage,” forcing it to close, and the state of La Guaira has been transformed into a “disaster zone,” among the widespread destruction, said Acting President
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A 4.6-magnitude aftershock centered at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) hit north of the Venezuelan capital Caracas earlier today, according to the US Geological Survey.
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Residents of Caracas woke up today (29 June) to an aftershock that rocked their houses, while rescue teams continued their fourth day of round-the-clock work in the areas affected by last week's powerful earthquakes in Venezuela.
A 4.6-magnitude aftershock centered at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) hit north of the Venezuelan capital Caracas earlier today, according to the US Geological Survey.
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A former Major League Baseball player, Eliezer Alfonzo, on Friday, searched in a massive mountain of rubble for his wife and daughter, trapped in a hotel after the devastating twin earthquakes last week in Venezuela.
Alfonzo, a Venezuelan catcher who played for the San Francisco Giants and other teams, has been digging in the ruins of a hotel in Macuto, in coastal La Guaira, one of the areas hardest hit by the June 24 quakes.
More than 2,600 people have been killed, and thousands more are still missing following one of Latin America’s worst earthquake disasters.
Alfonzo said his 16-year-old daughter, Eliana Patricia, was with her mother, Patricia Alejandra, on the hotel’s fourth floor when the earthquakes struck.
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– including three
from the United States
– were racing time in the aftermath of
twin earthquakes
that rocked Venezuela's northern coast this week as the death toll from the disaster eclipsed 1,400, officials said.
The tally is expected to climb, according to U.S. Geological Survey data, which estimates more than 10,000 casualties are possible.
Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim president, said 33 people had been rescued so far, including several children. Overnight, Rodríguez announced on X that a youngster had been pulled from the rubble in the coastal state of La Guaira with video showing rescue workers carrying him out on a stretcher.
"A few minutes ago, an 11-year-old boy was rescued alive in Caraballeda,"
she wrote
. "At this time, every life is a source of hope for Venezuela."
But tens of thousands remain unaccounted for, with time for finding more survivors running thin.
"There exists a window of roughly th…
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Venezuela earthquake: Video shows rescuers pulling three children alive ...
Three children were pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela on Thursday as rescuers searched collapsed buildings aftertwin powerful earthquakes killedat least 164 people and injured nearly 1,000. State television showed dramatic scenes from La Guaira, one of the worst-hit regions, where emergency crews continued rescue operations more than a day after the disaster.
The two earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, struck Venezuela on Wednesday, which were among the strongest to strike the country in more than a century and could be felt throughout the region,APreported. Damage was centred around the coastal region of La Guaira, which is north of the capital Caracas.
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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
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[Financial News] The death toll from the series of powerful earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela has climbed above 1,700 on the fifth day since the disaster. As the 72-hour "golden time" for rescuing survivors has passed, the United Nations said it is preparing for the worst by securing 10,000 body bags, amid concerns that the number of victims could rise further.
On the 29th local time, Jorge Rodríguez, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, announced that the death toll from the twin quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that hit on the 24th had reached 1,719, according to foreign media including The New York Times and the BBC, as well as the UN. The number of injured stood at 5,034, while 15,866 people were displaced.
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Rescueoperations acrossVenezuelaare entering their most critical phase as the internationally recognized 72-hour survival window has closed following a series of powerfulearthquakesthat have left the country facing one of its deadliest natural disasters in decades.
The twin quakes, measuring magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, struck on Wednesday evening, causing widespread destruction across coastal regions near Caracas and triggering the collapse or severe damage of hundreds of buildings. Authorities report that more than 774 structures were damaged, including at least 189 that have fully collapsed.
The official death toll has now surpassed 1,450, with thousands more injured and tens of thousands still missing. National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said the situation remains fluid, warning that casualty figures could continue to rise as search efforts progress.
Experts emphasize that the first three days after a disaster are decisive for survival chances. As onerescuespecialist explained,“there exists a window of roughly three days…
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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
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An international disaster relief organization based Florida is mobilizing aid after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela. (AP Video: Cody Jackson)
Volunteers are seen packaging supplies, Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)
Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
Neighbors comfort Gabriela Rojas, center, as she mourns in front of her damaged home, where two of her children died during earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026.. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
People sleep in the streets a day after an earthquake and several aftershocks struck Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
People take goods from damaged stores a day after earthquakes and aftershocks struck Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jonathan Lanza)
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in the U.S. rushed to organize donation drives Thursday afterdevastating earthquakesthat officials say killed at least 188 people an…
MIAMI — More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.
MIAMI — More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.
A deportation flight from Miami arrived in Caracas hours before Wednesday’s earthquakes. On board were 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First, which tracks deportation flights.
Lisbeth Portillo, 58, said she escaped the rubble from the hotel with about 20 other deportees who walked the streets looking for help. They saw people running, some naked and others barefoot as they emerged from the rubble of the building in La Guaira, one of the areas that was hardest hit in Wednesday’s 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes.
“We walked about five kilometres, and I cried and cried … there was no communication,” Portillo said in a phone interview from her home in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
A helicopter takes off from a U.S. Navy ship docked at the seaport to support earthquake relief efforts in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Twin 7-Magnitude earthquakes rock Venezuela, 'high casualties' likely; eyewitness recounts horror
Strong earthquakes struck west of Venezuela's capital Caracas on Wednesday afternoon, leading to building collapse and heavy damage to infrastructure. The tremors have prompted scientists to warn of potentially heavy casualties and widespread destruction across the South American country. Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez declared that at least 164 people have lost their lives in the serious tremors while nearly 1000 others were injured.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas, followed less than a minute later by another tremor of magnitude 7.5. The earthquakes were followed by 20 aftershocks that further worsened the situation.
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We start today's program in the Venezuelan port of La Guaira on the Caribbean coast, which is now at the heart of one of the country's worst natural disasters. The city bore the brunt of Wednesday's brutal double earthquakes, which killed nearly 1,500 people across the capital and surrounding areas in northern Venezuela. Thousands are still unaccounted for. Rescue teams and volunteers continue to search through the rubble, but hopes of finding more survivors are now fading as time passes. NPR's Eyder Peralta is there in La Guaira. Eyder, you've spent the day traveling along this destroyed coastline. What have you seen?
EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: I mean, it's just total devastation, Don. I mean, last night, we were here late, until the sundown. And we were in front of a building, and there was just this mad rush to try and find people who were making noise from under rubble. And really, it was an ad hoc job. They were tying pieces of concrete onto cars and jus…
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Rescuers pulled a man from under the rubble of a nine-story building in Venezuela in a “miraculous” operation eight days after the devastating earthquakes that hit the country.
Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 44, who was buried under 8.8 metres of wreckage from a collapsed shopping mall parking lot in La Guaira, was freed on Thursday amid a delicate days-long effort by local and international rescue teams.
Flores is in “good condition” after being rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building eight days after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes, according to Chile’s fire brigade, which was involved in the rescue.
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La Guaira (Venezuela) (AFP) - Not even the cables inside the small store remained intact. The earth had barely stopped shaking when the looting and theft began in the area most devastated by Venezuela’s double earthquake.
Outbreaks of looting have hit the coastal state of La Guaira – neighboring Caracas – much of which is now a vast mountain of rubble after Wednesday’s disaster.
In a video circulating on social media, a group of people pass around boxes of appliances from a collapsed store. Other videos appear to show looted boxes perched on car roofs or on top of motorcycles.
Online accusations are also circulating against police and military personnel who critics allege have been stealing from homes or even from the dead.
A branch of a major pharmacy chain was ransacked, as were supermarkets and other businesses, residents say.
Some attribute this situation to so-called disaster opportunism but others point to the hunger and destitution of those who have lost everything in a country already in chr…
Thousands still missing after devastating Venezuela quakes
Thousands still missing after devastating Venezuela quakes
Thirty-three people have been rescued so far this weekend after Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes, the country's interim president said, including several children, while tens of thousands remained unaccounted for, with time for finding additional survivors running short.
The death toll from Wednesday's twin earthquakes rose above 1,400 as of Saturday as foreign rescue teams poured into coastal La Guaira, the hardest-hit state.
Families and volunteers spent days pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble before the arrival of the more than 1,600 foreign rescue workers, often complaining of scant heavy equipment and a limited official presence, as hundreds of aftershocks deepened damage and kept residents on edge.
The government — headed by interim President Delcy Rodriguez since her predecessor was removed by the U.S. in a January raid — had thanked civilian volunteers ferrying aid to La Guaira, but then heavily tightened access to the road, saying traffic was preventing efficient movement of emergency vehicles and that only accredited people could use the roadway.
Although the government has given a figure of…
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 164 people have died and 971 were injured after a pair of powerful quakes rocked Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Thursday, adding that rescue teams are rushing to the hardest-hit areas to free people trapped under rubble.
Wednesday evening’s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes were among the
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Rescuers are desperately searching through piles of rubble in Venezuela after the country was rocked by two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday, leaving scores of people dead and widespread destruction in a country already beset by economic and political turmoil.
At least 589 people have died, 2,980 more have been injured and many remain missing in the largest earthquake event to hit the country in more than a century. The true extent of the toll is still feared to be much higher as crews dig through rubble and survivors are left on the street with nowhere to go.
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — When the high-rise where Noel Márquez lived with his family crashed to the ground and burst into flames in Venezuela's twin earthquakes, Márquez, who happened to be at his girlfriend’s apartment, raced home and called out for his mother, grandparents and siblings. Only his 17-year-old brother, his legs pinned under columns that required heavy machinery to lift, responded.
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Moment woman is pulled alive from rubble in Venezuela earthquake disaster zone where thousands are still missing - as death toll climbs to 589 | Daily Mail Online
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A woman was pulled alive from rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela.
The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck the country on Wednesday evening were among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century and were felt throughout the region.
Footage shows the moment Graciela Mora was pulled from under the debris of a collapsed building in the city of La Guaira, which has been declared a disaster zone.
The woman is shown, covered in dust, being carried out of the rubble on a stretcher as rescue workers and volunteers cheer.
In a recorded interview after being rescued, Ms Mora explained how she was holding on to a door frame when 'all the floors collapsed.'
She also detailed how her friend died holding her hand.
'I saw her hand like that and grabbed it. So that she could go.'
Ms Mora sustained several injuries, including a broken finger.
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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
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A strong aftershock has jolted Venezuela following last week’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, as civilians and emergency responders continue to comb through the ruins of fallen buildings for survivors.
The aftershock, which struck about 17 miles north of Caraballeda on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast at 7.01am local time, measured 4.6 on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Colombia’s geological survey put the magnitude at 5.1.
Mexican Army rescue workers search for people (Matias Delacroix/AP)
Jorge Rodríguez, the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly, said there were no immediate reports of additional damage from the quake, which sent residents in the capital of Caracas screaming into the streets.
“Here we are again, back in the street. I d…
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Venezuela's devastating earthquake response has escalated into a political crisis as interim President Delcy Rodriguez faces mounting criticism, renewed pressure from opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and uncertainty over her expiring mandate. (File photo)
The fallout from Venezuela's powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodriguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday.
A day after Rodriguez angrily defended the competence of her government's relief effort at her first news conference since the June 24 disaster, her main rival, exiled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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Rescue workers pull Daniel Cordero from the rubble of his home in Catia la Mar, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026, two days after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Rescue workers load Daniel Cordero onto an ambulance after pulling him from the rubble of his home two days after an earthquake struck Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Amid the noise of heavy machinery and clouds of dust, Soledad Campos Aparicio holds her dog in her arms, waiting for permission to return home.
It’s unlikely to happen anytime soon as she’s one of thousands who have been displaced since the double earthquake hit Venezuela last week.
The 78-year-old woman lives next to the Pet…
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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Save the Children’s teams and local partners on the ground have reported child deaths and injuries and children have been confirmed separated from their families during evacuations in the capital Caracas and La Guaira – a major port city.
CARACAS, 26 June - Families in earthquake-devastated Venezuela spent a second night sheltering in open spaces amid fears of further building collapses and raising serious concerns over children’s safety and their immediate needs, Save the Children said.
Venezuela has declared a national emergency following two consecutive 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude earthquakes in the north-central region of the country, putting thousands of children and families at risk. [1]
At least 255 people have been killed and 4,500 injured as of 25 June, according to the country’s health ministry, although these numbers are likely to rise.
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Days after twin earthquakes devastated large parts ofVenezuela, severe flooding has struck the municipality of Monseñor José Vicente de Unda in Portuguesa state. Hours of intense rainfall caused rivers and streams to overflow, inundating homes, businesses and public infrastructure. The number of affected residents remains unclear.
The flooding comes as Venezuela continues rescue and recovery operations following the powerful earthquakes that struck on June 24. Emergency responders remain deployed across the country, where thousands of people are still missing, and many families remain displaced.
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Local mediareported that the Chabasquencito River and several nearby streams burst their banks after more than eight hours of heavy rainfall. Floodwaters swept through residential and commercial areas, carrying mud and debris into streets.
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When Caracas stopped shaking, people poured into the streets — to find an internet signal, to track down those who weren’t answering their phones, to check which buildings were still standing. The Venezuelan capital and, above all, the nearby city of La Guaira had become ground zero for two earthquakes that have
plunged Venezuela into a new tragedy
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The challenge now is to rescue the injured and account for the dead, to rehouse those left homeless, equip hospitals, provide psychological support to victims, and rebuild. The problem is that the disaster has struck a Venezuela with fragile basic services, limited resources, and a governance capacity that has been under strain from the very first moment. The handling of the crisis has put acting President Delcy Rodríguez under intense scrutiny — and she is not the only one in the spotlight.
It was 6:04 p.m. on Wednesday, a public holiday marking the B…
Venezuelan ministers visit Turkish rescuers as quake burials begin
Venezuelan ministers visit Turkish rescuers as quake burials begin
Venezuelan Defense Minister Gustavo Gonzalez Lopez and Foreign Minister Yvan Gil visited Turkish search and rescue teams working in La Guaira, the area hardest hit by twin earthquakes, as Venezuela began burying more than 1,700 victims and international teams continued efforts to find survivors.
Turkish search and rescue teams are continuing operations in La Guaira after the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.
Lopez and Gil visited the Turkish teams in the city and met Türkiye's Ambassador to Caracas Naci Aydan Karamanoglu.
Lopez thanked the Turkish personnel for arriving from so far away in such a short time and said the operation showed strong training and organization.
"To be able to act so quickly in an emergency, to be able to organize so quickly, requires very good training and organization," Lopez told the Turkish team. "Of course, the fact that you came from across the ocean shows how well organized you are."
Lopez thanked the Turkish team for its work in La Guaira, where the greatest loss of life and property was reported.
"We are still at a moment when miracles can happen, that is, when we…
'As long as he lived, I would too': 18-day-old baby, mother survive 32 ...
'As long as he lived, I would too': 18-day-old baby, mother survive 32 ...
For nearly a day and a half, buried beneath the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Venezuela, a mother refused to give up. Trapped with her 18-day-old son after powerful earthquakes brought down their home, Dayana Patino stayed alive for one reason alone — to make sure her newborn survived.
Their rescue after 32 hours has become one of the most powerful stories to emerge from the disaster.
The death toll in Venezuela earthquake has reach to 1,430, according to The Associated Press. Families reported at least 68,900 people missing Saturday, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes devastated the South American nation.
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Search operations are still underway, although hopes of finding more survivors are fading.
Dayana was washing dishes inside her eighth-floor apartment in La Guaira when the earthquakes began. Her first instinct was to pick up her newborn son, believing it was “only a light tremor.”
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew among anguished residents of the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, where rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors amid a sharply rising death toll.
Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the country’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
Frustration was only amplified by state efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
“There’s a pile of bodies over there from last night. Newborn babies. Look what time it is, and they still haven’t come to recover them. At 8 p.…
On the ground in Venezuela: 'All the buildings have collapsed'
On the ground in Venezuela: 'All the buildings have collapsed'
France 24's Maxime Pluvinet reports from La Guaira state, one of the areas hardest hit by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24. "All the buildings have collapsed" he says, whle "Venezuelans are still waiting for news from their loved ones trapped under the rubble".
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Satellite photos showed the destruction in Venezuela left by two powerful earthquakes that struck Wednesday
and left more than 1,400 people dead
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The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck west of the capital Caracas just after 6 p.m. Wednesday and they were less than a minute apart.
Apartment buildings in Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, on Feb. 27, and on June 26, after the earthquakes.
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The earthquakes are the most powerful to hit Venezuela in over a century.
Hard-hit was the state of La Guaira, which is along the country’s northern coast and north of the capital of Caracas.
The images from Planet Labs PBC and Vantor show crumbled buildings and destroyed roads in the coastal cities of Catia La Mar, Macuto and Caraballeda.
There was a race …
Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?
Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?
<p>In today’s newsletter: A country already in crisis since the removal of its leader earlier this year by the US, now has to find a way to rebuild with little state presence in evidence</p><p>The shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nDC9JWwJ8Z8">moment captured</a> by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/earthquake-venezuela-caracas-tremors-aftershocks">two earthquakes struck seconds apart</a>. Plumes of dust appear where buildings once stood in the recording as the camera rises and falls with the swell. The men rapidly head for the shore in search of their families. “I’m shaking,” says the cameraman.</p><p>Since the quakes struck last Wednesday, the search for missing loved ones has not stopped for scores of Venezuelans. Officially, more than 1,700 people have died. But tens of thousands remain missing: desperate relatives are walking up and down streets lined by rubble and collapsed buildings with photos of those they cannot find, asking for help.</p><p><em><strong>World news</…
Two 11-year-old boys pulled alive from Venezuela earthquake rubble
Two 11-year-old boys pulled alive from Venezuela earthquake rubble
Two 11-year-old boys have been pulled out alive from under rubble in
Venezuela
days after twin
earthquakes
devastated the country, as the death toll passed 1,400 and hopes of finding more survivors faded.
The first boy, named Moises, was pulled from about three metres of debris by Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management on Sunday.
Video footage showed rescue workers covering his eyes to protect him from sunlight as he was lifted from the ruins. He was found near his sister and mother, both of whom had died, Reuters reported.
Hours later, interim president Delcy Rodriguez posted footage on X showing a second boy being carried on a stretcher down a mountain of debris in the town of Caraballeda.
"In these hours each life is hope for
Venezuela
," Ms Rodriguez said.
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A person who was trapped under the rubble of a building is carried, after earthquakes hit the country, in La Guaira, Venezuela
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US rescue crews also pulled an infant from the rubble on Saturday, the US State Department said, posting a video on X showing helmet-clad rescuers removing the blanket-wrapped, wailing …
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela’s state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430.
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela’s state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430.
Families reported at least 68,900 people missing Saturday, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit states. They were joined by a growing number of international rescue teams who began to climb through the rubble, offering a small glint of hope to anguished families.
Tensions peaked over what many Venezuelans viewed as an inadequate response by the government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy. Frustration was amplified by efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours as crucial for retrieving people alive, though that can be extended if they have access to food and water. Venezuelan …
Extraordinary moment dad and young son are pulled alive from rubble ...
Extraordinary moment dad and young son are pulled alive from rubble ...
ByJAMES GORDON, US NEWS REPORTERand ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published:21:48 EDT, 28 June 2026|Updated:05:01 EDT, 29 June 2026
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A father and his young son were pulled alive from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building on Sunday after surviving four daystrapped below following Venezuela's devastating 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes, in a rescue hailed as nothing short of a miracle.
Rescue teams and local civilians had spent days searching the shattered remains of buildings in La Guaira state, one of the hardest-hit areas, where hopes of finding anyone else alive beneath the concrete had all but disappeared.
But after a burst of movement, a pair of dust-coated legs were pulled out of a hole.
Rescue crews fromVirginia,Franceand Venezuela carefully pulled the father from a narrow gap in the debris, his limp body still clutching his cellphone as medics rushed to place him on a stretcher.
Moments later, his young son emerged shirtless and barely responsive. He was passed gently over a line of hard-hat-clad rescuers from Fairfax County Urban Search & Rescue toward a waiting ambulance.
'Slow, slow, gentle, …
Venezuela shifts to clearing rubble and recovering bodies as rescue teams depart
Venezuela shifts to clearing rubble and recovering bodies as rescue teams depart
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<img src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110690/100x80/lag.jpg" alt="Managing the rubble is emerging as one of the main challenges" width="100" height="80" style="float:left;margin:0 12px 6px 0;border:1px solid #333" />
Venezuela entered a new stage in its response to the June 24 twin earthquake, focused on clearing rubble and recovering bodies, after the departure of nearly all international rescue teams. In the streets of La Guaira, the hardest-hit area, dozens of machines arrived in recent hours to speed up those tasks, which now fall mainly to Venezuelan volunteers, firefighters, civil defense and residents. The official toll stands at 2,954 dead and more than 16,500 injured.</p>
Things to know about the Venezuela earthquakes | AP News
Things to know about the Venezuela earthquakes | AP News
A man walks past a damaged home in Moron, near the epicenter of two earthquakes that struck Venezuela the day before, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacinto Oliveros)
A man walks past a building damaged by earthquakes that struck Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, a day earlier, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacinto Oliveros)
Paramedics carry an injured person at a hospital in Moron,near the epicenter of two earthquakes that struck Venezuela a day earlier, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacinto Oliveros)
Motorcyclists wait in line to fill their tanks in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026, a day after successive powerful earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Residents help to remove rubble from a collapsed building in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026, a day after successive powerful earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A raredouble earthquakeravaged Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 920 and injuring another 3,360, authorities said. Many more are feared dead.
Thousands of people have been reported missing. Some of the heaviest damage and casualtie…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
Aftershock Rocks North of Caracas | Science-Environment
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Aftershock Rocks North of Caracas
A 4.6-magnitude aftershock struck north of Caracas, Venezuela, early Monday, as per the U.S. Geological Survey. No immediate damage was reported. The previous twin earthquakes' toll has risen to around 1,500 fatalities, according to Jorge Rodriguez, President of the National Assembly, via social media.
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An early Monday tremor, clocking in at 4.6-magnitude, shook areas north of Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the aftershock occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Fortunately, no immediate damage was reported following the aftershock, bringing a temporary respite to the region already strained by earlier seismic activity.
Last week's devastating twin earthquakes have resulted in nearly 1,500 confirmed fatalities,…
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**Venezuela Earthquake: Frantic Rescue Efforts Intensify Amidst Growing Despair**
[City, Venezuela] – The grim reality of a devastating earthquake that struck Venezuela three days ago has intensified the race against time for rescue teams and desperate citizens alike. As the sun rises on the third day of this unfolding tragedy, the search for survivors trapped beneath the debris of collapsed homes and apartment buildings has taken on an increasingly urgent and perilous dimension. Hope, though dwindling, remains a powerful motivator as individuals and organized rescue crews work tirelessly, their efforts a testament to human resilience in the face of unimaginable destruction.
The earthquake, which struck with significant force in the [mention region if known, otherwise state “northern”] region of Venezuela, has left a landscape of devastation. Entire neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble, with the skeletal remains of once-vibrant structures now serving as somber monuments to the seismic event. The immediate aftermath saw an outpouring of community solidarity, with neighbors forming human chains to clear …
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Khaterine Roa cries as members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department search for survivors at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Khaterine Roa cries as members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department search for survivors at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Doctors said Wednesday they feared the aftermath of Venezuela’s
devastating twin earthquakes
could trigger a widening medical crisis marked by untreated injuries, infectious diseases and a healthcare system already on the brink.
Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are
sleeping in crowded shelters or outside
without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary conditions following the
June 24 earthquakes
which officials say killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured.
Aid workers said the aftermath of the q…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
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As Venezuelans in La Guaira continued to pick through the rubble of downed buildings yesterday, a government excavator stood immobile next to a pile of concrete and bent rebar.
There is plenty of work to do nearly a week after two massive earthquakes destroyed much of this coastal city. Heavy machinery is a vital tool in the aftermath, yet when CNN asked the excavator’s operator why it was idle, he said there wasn’t any gasoline to put in it.
Venezuela is home to the world’s
largest reported
oil reserves, yet in the wake of one of its worst earthquakes in over a century, many of its citizens have been forced to dig their friends and family out of the rubble by hand for want of fuel. Their desperation comes as the
Venezuelan government
faces mounting criticism over its response to the crisis.
Forensic workers gather the bodie…
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Four hours after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela’s northern coast and the capital of Caracas, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced on X that he had offered aid to the Venezuelan government to help deal with the aftermath of the tragedy.
Ninety minutes later, Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez retweeted the message from the Central American leader – a man whom the regime’s
Chavista
movement has long regarded as a political nemesis – not only thanking him for the offer but also instructing Venezuela’s foreign ministry to coordinate the support.
“Solidarity between our peoples is an invaluable force at times like these,” wrote Rodríguez, former vice president of ousted leader Nicolás Maduro.
Beyond the solidarity such tragedies inspire and the accompanying political rhetoric, Rodrígue…
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful
back-to-back earthquakes
, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira.
Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes struck northern Venezuela, attention turned to the humanitarian crisis that was taking shape in devastated regions.
The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government.
Major questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government under acting President Delcy Rodríguez — who came to power in January after the Trump administration seized former President Nicolás Maduro — will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.
Facing criticism that authorities have done too little,…
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Venezuela earthquakes live updates: Death toll rises to at least 1,400 ...
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening.
At least 1,430 people were killed and more than 3,200 were injured as a pair ofpowerful earthquakesstruck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, officials said on Friday.
The two quakes -- a 7.2 magnitude one followed just seconds later by a 7.5 -- struck the coast of Venezuela, knocking down buildings in Caracas, the capital, and sending residents racing into the street.
Responders are undertaking "intensive rescue operations" on Thursday, searching for people thought to be under the rubble, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said.
The death toll in Venezuela rose to 1,430 on Saturday, Jorge Rodriguez, the leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly, said on state TV.
Rodriguez said that 3,238 people were injured and more than 400 aftershocks have been recorded.
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The two federal search and rescue teams that were sent to Venezuela at max deployment levels are currently on the ground there pulling people from collapsed buildings, a U.S. official told ABC News Saturday.
"We heard that survivors were found …
The earthquake disaster in Venezuela: A crime of US imperialism
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The double earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 have exposed a massive crime by US imperialism. Six months ago the United States invaded the country, abducted its president, Nicolás Maduro, and reduced his government to a puppet of Washington to seize its oil. Having occupied Venezuela and declared itself the power “directing policies” there, Washington bears direct responsibility for the catastrophe—and for the criminal refusal to answer it.
The invasion, the removal of Maduro and the chaos and disorganization into which they have thrown the country are a major factor in the catastrophic response to the earthquake. They followed years of economic sabotage that had already crippled the country's hospitals, power grid and ability to import the most basic supplies.
The Trump administration has exploited the disaster to deepen its control over Venezuela, sending warships, transport planes and troops to take over the airport while families dig…
The Trail of Devastation Along the Venezuelan Coast - ny times
The Trail of Devastation Along the Venezuelan Coast - ny times
Shockwaves from the
two quakes traveled along
these fault lines.
Caracas is
15 miles away
North
Venezuelan
coastline
Caribbean
Sea
Tacagua-El Ávila Fault
San Sebastián Fault
This fault line
runs across
much of
the coast.
Each square is a
building confirmed
to be heavily
damaged.
Damage at
the naval
academy
Catia
La Mar
Widespread
damage was
reported here.
San Sebastián
Fault
A number of multistory buildings collapsed along this part of the coast.
Playa
Grande
The airport was
closed after one
of the terminals
was heavily
damaged.
Cracks were
reported on
this runway.
Simón Bolívar
International
Airport
This is the country’s
largest airport.
Lowrise buildings
blanket much of the
mountainsides.
Partly
collapsed
church
MAiquetía
This is Venezuela’s second-largest port and the maritime gateway to Caracas.
La Guaira
Port
San Sebastián
Fault
La Guaira
Macuto
The heavily urbanized
coast is sandwiched
between steep
mountainsides and
the Caribbean Sea.
La Llanada
Los Corales
Many of the damaged
buildings are along
José María España Ave.
Caraballeda
Playa Los
Cocos
San Sebastián
Fault
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This early assessment of th…
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As death toll hits 2,595, Venezuela rejects criticism of its earthquake ...
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Facing growing criticism over military restrictions in disaster zones, Venezuela’s interim government on Thursday defended its decision to militarize the state of La Guaira as the death toll from last week’s earthquakes climbed to 2,595.
The devastating twin earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude that struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, just seconds apart, have now left more than 12,400 injured, according to interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who pushed back sharply Thursday against mounting criticism of the government’s handling of the disaster.
Rodríguez said authorities have recorded 862 aftershocks since the main quakes and confirmed that 189 buildings collapsed completely nationwide, the vast majority in La Guaira, the coastal state that suffered the worst destruction.
More than a week after the disaster, search-and-rescue operations remain active, though hopes of finding additional survivors are rapidly fading.
“We have not closed the search-and-rescue phase,” Rodríguez said. “As long as there is…
US races to reopen Venezuela port as hopes fade for twin quakes ...
US races to reopen Venezuela port as hopes fade for twin quakes ...
Flattened buildings in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, show the immense task rescuers are facing in the search for earthquake survivors. Photo / AFP
The US military was rushing to reopen a major port in Venezuela to ease access to aid for the victims of twin earthquakes that killed at least 1719 people and left tens of thousands missing.
Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighbourhoods of multi-story buildings in the coastal
state of La Guaira, hopes of finding survivors are fading.
But a WhatsApp message ignited hopes of a miraculous find beneath the rubble, more than 120 hours after the disaster.
A woman wrote to the caretaker of a collapsed apartment building in Caraballeda, one of the worst-hit areas about 40km from Caracas, to say she was still alive, a volunteer rescuer said.
US Marines were working to repair the quake-hit port of La Guaira to allow delivery of supplies and equipment by sea, a US administration official told journalists in Washington.
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Venezuelans demand accountability after earthquake kills at least 1,700
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Delayed response by the government has sparked public outrage
Venezuelans demand accountability after earthquake kills at least 1,700
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Snehil Singh
Jun 30, 2026
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Venezuela is reeling from the devastation of twin earthquakes that struck last week, killing at least 1,700 people.
The tremors were so powerful that they brought down buildings and left many trapped under the rubble.
Among the worst-hit areas is La Guaira, where a 12-story building collapsed.
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez has termed this disaster as "the most brutal natural catastrophe" in Venezuela's history.
However, the delayed response of the government has sparked public outrage, with calls for accountability.
Rescue delay
Families accuse government of negligence
According to the
BBC
, Miguel Oscar Nunez, who is waiting for his son Angel to be rescued from under the rubble, expressed frustration over what he called "negligence of the authorities."
Kevin Montilla also criticized the slow rescue operations and lack of government support. "The rescue operation started very late, and it's been slow," he said.
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
Venezuelans left to search for their dead as quake rescue effort ends ...
Venezuelans left to search for their dead as quake rescue effort ends ...
Ten days after two powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela, families across the devastated north-central coast are still clawing through mountains of pulverized concrete with their bare hands to locate thousands of relatives missing in the ruins. (AP Video by Fernanda Pesce)
Rescue workers and forensic technician Joel Mirabal, back left, recover the body of an earthquake victim in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Coffins are stacked at the seaport where forensic workers sort the bodies of earthquake victims in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Forensic technician Joel Mirabal rides through the area struck by the earthquakes collecting bodies recovered from the rubble in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Relatives and friends attend the funeral Mass for Daniela Mora, her mother, Maria Cruz, and her grandmother, Judith Padron, who died when their apartment building collapsed during the earthquake in the San Bernardino neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mati…
Aerial image show scale of destruction after Venezuela earthquakes
Aerial image show scale of destruction after Venezuela earthquakes
ByLAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER
Published:01:03 EDT, 26 June 2026|Updated:03:22 EDT, 26 June 2026
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Horrifying photos revealed the destruction of earthquakes thatkilled at least 235 in Venezuela, with thousands missingas a desperate hunt for survivors continues.
Aerial photos showed the before and after of the devastating destruction in Venezuela that flattened buildings after two massive tremorsstruck on Wednesday evening.
The quakes -measured at magnitudes 7.1 and 7.5 by the US Geological Survey-sparked fears that between 10,000 and 100,000 people were left dead.
Photos showed flattened buildings and rubble left behind after the earthquakes, as a search for survivors continues. High rise buildings were seen crumbled to the floor
Panicked travelers ran for their lives as Simón Bolívar International Airport collapsed and parts of nearby cities were reduced to rubble.
The tremors struck near the coast, sending terrified residents racing out from swaying apartment blocks as walls collapsed and clouds of dust rose over the capital.
'High casualties and extensive damage are probable and…
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On Wednesday evening, two powerful earthquakes measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck northern Venezuela less than a minute apart, causing widespread destruction. Search-and-rescue operations continue as emergency crews race to locate survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Tragically, at least 235 deaths and more than 4,300 injuries have been confirmed, though both figures are expected to rise. Hundreds of people are verified as missing, and communications outages and extensive damage in Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira have left tens of thousands temporarily unaccounted for with families frantically searching for loved ones. Tens of thousands have also been displaced, with many sheltering in public buildings and open spaces as aftershocks continue.
International assistance is mobilizing rapidly, although damage to Maiquetía International Airpo…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful
back-to-back earthquakes
, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira.
Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes struck northern Venezuela, attention turned to the humanitarian crisis that was taking shape in devastated regions.
The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government.
Major questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government under acting President Delcy Rodríguez — who came to power in January after the Trump administration seized former President Nicolás Maduro — will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.
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<p>Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble</p><p>When twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast last week, Israel Rivas was at home hundreds of miles away in the industrial city of San Félix. As the scale of the catastrophe became clear, the 24-year-old knew he had to react. A mechanic and budding photographer, Rivas gathered the money he had been saving to buy a new camera lens and jumped on a bus to make the 12-hour journey to La Guaira, the coastal state that has suffered the most damage.</p><p>“I couldn’t eat well. I couldn’t sleep well, knowing that my brothers and sisters from this country are dying, so I … came here and I’m doing the best I can,” he said on Wednesday, exactly a week after the disaster, as he stood outside Residencia La Gabarra, a 12-storey block of beachside apartments that had collapsed into a jumble of reinforced concrete and bricks with at least three children inside.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/jul/03/international-rescuers-venezuela-earthqu…
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
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Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within seconds of each other, reigniting scientific attention on the rare but highly dangerous seismic phenomenon known as anearthquake doublet— a term previously thrust into global awareness after the devastating February 2023 quakes in Turkey.
Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit near San Felipe in northwestern Venezuela. Just 39 seconds later, a second, even stronger tremor — measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale — struck southeast of the nearby town of Yumare. The back-to-back shocks triggered tsunami warnings across multiple coastal regions and caused widespread destruction.
In response, Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared a nationwide state of emergency. According to official reports, over 230 people have been confirmed dead, more than 50,000 remain missing, and survivors are still trapped beneath collapsed buildings, awaiting rescue by emergency responders and volunteers. Disturbing footage from ongoing search-and-rescue operations has circulated widely online.
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Venezuelans are grappling with a stark question: after years of economic and political strife and now devastating twin earthquakes, can their country recover, or are the cracks just too deep?
Rescue teams and neighbors are still searching for survivors as the scale of the disaster comes into sharper focus — more than 1,400 are dead and thousands more remain missing.
“Some very tough days are coming,” said Caracas resident Neida Pernilla. Her apartment in the Venezuelan capital was destroyed in Wednesday’s
7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes
that came within seconds of each other. But she says she is among the more fortunate — she and her relatives survived.
“I think we have to learn from everything we’re going through. That life is fleeting — just a moment. We have to thank God, the Virgin Mary, whatever we have faith in, for the fact that we’re alive, and we need to be more human, more cooperative, more humble.”
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Emergency response teams pressed on with their lifesaving mission in Venezuela on Monday, as countless local responders and families continued their search for missing relatives "against impossible odds", five days since the double earthquake disaster.
The confirmed death toll is at least 1,450 people but that number is likely far short of the actual figure, as tens of thousands more are still believed to be missing. At least 3,200 people have been injured, with numbers rising all the time.
In one of the worst-hit locations, the coastal state of La Guiara, Mireya Quesada Sojo
described
the huge challenge facing civilian rescuers like her. All around are great piles of collapsed debris and twisted masonry where Mireya's relatives were living when the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes hit, less than a minute apart.
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At first, we started digging with our bare hands, trying to recover our family members
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful
back-to-back earthquakes
, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira.
Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes struck northern Venezuela, attention turned to the humanitarian crisis that was taking shape in devastated regions.
The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government.
Major questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government under acting President Delcy Rodríguez — who came to power in January after the Trump administration seized former President Nicolás Maduro — will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.
Facing criticism that authorities have done too little,…
Venezuela earthquake: father and son found alive in rubble after four days as death toll nears 1,500
Venezuela earthquake: father and son found alive in rubble after four days as death toll nears 1,500
<p>President says ‘we always hold onto hope’ as discovery of earthquake survivors spurs fresh search efforts despite dwindling chances of survival</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/28/mortuary-caracas-overwhelmed-venezuela-struggles-respond-earthquakes">Mortuary in Caracas ‘overwhelmed’ as Venezuela struggles to respond after earthquakes</a></p></li></ul><p>A man and his teenage son were found alive under the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, in a town about 40km north of the capital Caracas, AFP journalists reported, as the death toll from last week’s twin earthquakes passed 1,450.</p><p>The discovery of survivors in Caraballeda was made by French and American rescue teams nearly four days after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/earthquake-venezuela-caracas-tremors-aftershocks">back-to-back quakes</a> of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck, completely destroying nearly 200 buildings in the area.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/29/venezuela-earthquake-death-toll-father-son-alive">Continue reading...</a>
A child was rescued in Caraballeda and an update on the Venezuelan ...
A child was rescued in Caraballeda and an update on the Venezuelan ...
Venezuela continues to deal with the consequences of the violent earthquake that hit the coastal strip:
rescue operations
ongoing have led in the last few hours to the rescue of people who had been trapped under the rubble for days. The devastation has particularly affected the areas of
La Guaira
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Bag
while the capital
Caracas
he felt the tremors.
Almost four days after the first tremors recorded on Wednesday 24 June, the authorities have communicated new recovery actions and the official numbers of the tragedy:
1.450 dead
3.238 injured
it's about
50.000 missing
International teams have responded to the emergency and activated assistance mechanisms to coordinate relief and aid.
Rescue operations at Caraballeda and other recovery operations
In the coastal town of
caraballeda
A man and his teenage son were reportedly rescued from the rubble nearly four days after the earthquake. Rescuers, including teams deployed from foreign countries, removed the survivors and carried them on stretchers, a demonstration of the difficulty and slowness of many operations due to the conditions on the ground.
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A strong aftershock has jolted Venezuela following last week’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, as civilians and emergency responders continue to comb through the ruins of fallen buildings for survivors.
The aftershock, which struck about 17 miles north of Caraballeda on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast at 7.01am local time, measured 4.6 on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Colombia’s geological survey put the magnitude at 5.1.
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Jorge Rodríguez, the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly, said there were no immediate reports of additional damage from the quake, which sent residents in the capital of Caracas screaming into the streets.
“Here we are again, back in the street. I d…
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Tens of thousands of people urgently need food and shelter in Venezuela after the two devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 2,000, the UN said on Tuesday, as doctors warned of outbreaks of disease with survivors sleeping in the streets.Last week’s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude shocks – one of the worst earthquake disasters in Latin America – collapsed whole residential complexes, left tens of thousands unaccounted for and prompted frantic search-and-rescue operations for survivors trapped in the rubble.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The UN refugee agency said “food shortages are widespread, basic services have broken down and connectivity has been largely severed” in the port city of La Guaira – the worst hit area north of the capital Caracas.“They give out supplies here, but sometimes people nearly kill each other for food...it’s like a cockfight,” said Daniela Armas, 18, a vendor in La Guaira who was injured falling from a motorbike
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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Venezuela shifts to clearing rubble and recovering bodies as rescue teams depart
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Venezuela entered a new stage in its response to the June 24 twin earthquake, focused on clearing rubble and recovering bodies, after the departure of nearly all international rescue teams. In the streets of La Guaira, the hardest-hit area, dozens of machines arrived in recent hours to speed up those tasks, which now fall mainly to Venezuelan volunteers, firefighters, civil defense and residents. The official toll stands at 2,954 dead and more than 16,500 injured.</p>
Strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
Strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
Strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
Strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
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The United States military raced to reopen a major port in Venezuela to ease aid deliveries on Tuesday, as deaths from last week's twin earthquakes reached more than 1,700, with tens of thousands still reported missing.
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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The UN has announced that it has reached an agreement with Venezuelan authorities to purchase 10,000 body bags, in order to address the needs arising after the double earthquake registered last week, which according to the latest official balance has left more than 1,700 dead.
The humanitarian coordinator in Caracas, Gianluca Rampolla, has stressed that there is still no definitive figure for missing persons, but the UN and the Venezuelan Government have decided to acquire 10,000 body bags due to the possibility that the death toll may continue to rise, as indicated by the international organization itself.
The most recent official figure raises the number of dead to 1,719, the injured to more than 5,000, and the displaced to around 12,000. Around 2,500 buildings have suffered damage, many of them completely collapsed, Rampolla recalled in a press conference.
Although search and rescue efforts are usually concentrated in the first 72 hours after an earthquake, teams have opted to extend them because they continue to receive signals of possible trapped …
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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela's Caribbean coast during last week's back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to pay for one.
Such delays are costing lives, says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends who were inside the building.
"There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says. "But now, they are dead."
Frustration is growing in Venezuela following the powerful twin quakes that the government says have killed at least 1,719 people. Critics claim the response from the country's U.S.-backed government has been slow and inept, leaving it largely up to peopl…
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With time running out, Venezuelans comb rubble for survivors
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<p><strong>• Death toll from deadly quakes rises to 1,450, with tens of thousands still missing<br>• Newborn, two boys pulled out alive from rubble after three days</strong></p>
<p>LA GUAIRA: Rescue crews raced on Sunday to find survivors in the rubble of <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010996">Venezuela’s powerful earthquakes</a> as the death toll reached 1,450 and hopes dwindled more than three days after the earth roared and rumbled.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of people were reported missing as collapsed buildings dotted cities in a country already enduring an economic crisis and political upheaval …
Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis
Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis
Rescue workers in the Altamira area of Caracas, Venezuela, search a building damaged by earthquakes on June 25.
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Venezuela has a well-documented vulnerability to earthquakes. The country sits on the boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates, resulting in routine tremors and causing historical earthquake disasters. But the experience of a
“doublet”
, a pair of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes 40 seconds apart, on June 24 was a rare misfortune.
From an epicentre in the north-western city of San Felipe, the impact sheared down Venezuela’s Caribbean coast with devastating force. The historic port city and resort of La Guaira, home to around 200,000 people,
has been declared
a disaster zone.
In the
Venezuelan
capital of Caracas, which is approximately 30km from La Guaira, buildings have collapsed in the once prosperous suburbs of Altamira, San Bernardino, Baruta and Chacao. The national airport, Maiquetia, has also been closed because of extensive damage.
While there have been pockets of resilience, an
estimated two-thirds
of Venezuelan residents live in
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Venezuela Suffered Its Worst Earthquake in Decades: What Comes Next? - CSIS
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Published June 26, 2026
On Wednesday, June 24, two powerful earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale,struckalong the coast of Venezuela. The quakes were some of the strongest to hit the South American nation in over a century and have wrought significant devastation, withnew assessmentsof the destruction continuing to flow in. This comes at a fraught moment for Venezuela, which prior to the earthquakes was in a fragile political equilibrium following the capture and removal of dictatorNicolás Maduroon January 3. The remaining inner circle of the Maduro regime, headed by Delcy Rodríguez, has beenbalancinggrowing popular pressure for reform and democratization with its desire to retain its hold on the levers of power, all while managing its relationship with the United States.
The current disaster and humanitarian crisis add new uncertainty to this already volatile situation. It will also be a significant test for U.S. Venezuela policy, which the White House has touted as a m…
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A woman walks past a building damaged during an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday.
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Nearly 600 people have died in the earthquakes, with more than 4,000 injured.
The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, devastating coastal areas during a major holiday.
CARACAS, Venezuela —
Rescue workers and civilians scrambled to pull survivors from the rubble Friday as Venezuela struggled to recover from a pair of earthquakes that toppled scores of buildings, leaving almost 600 people dead, more than 4,000 injured and thousands homeless, resulting in widespread panic.
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
Angry Venezuelans accuse government of negligence and apathy
Angry Venezuelans accuse government of negligence and apathy
“Silencio” the rescuers scream turning towards the road with their fists up in the air, motioning to everyone to remain silent.
The vehicles on the road stop plying. People stop talking. The diggers fall silent.
A rescuer puts his ear to a hole they’ve just managed to drill through a concrete slab. Another one shines a torch into it.
They’re listening to see if they can hear any sounds of survivors calling from under the rubble of a 12-storey building that stood by the side of a busy road in the coastal town of La Guaira.
It’s one of the areas worst hit by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday last week and killed at least 1,700 people.
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez has called the earthquakes the “most brutal natural catastrophe” in Venezuela’s history.
Standing by the side of the collapsed structure, Miguel Oscar Nunez holds his breath, huddled together with other families who had loved ones in the building. Miguel’s only child – 34-year-old son Angel – lived in the building.
Moments of anticipation pass by, but the rescuers hear nothing. The silence ends and work resumes.
“My son, like hun…
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Venezuela's Twin Earthquakes: What Happened, Relief Efforts, and How to Help
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Khalea Robertson
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The June 24 disaster caused large-scale damage to Caracas and La Guaira. Learn about the catastrophe, as well as the U.S. and Latin American response.
This coverage was originally published on June 25, 2026 and has since been updated.
Two earthquakes, occurring within a minute of each other, struck Venezuela on June 24. The epicenter of the quakes,
the strongest to hit the country in more than a century
, was roughly 100 miles west of Caracas and the capital, as well as the city of La Guaira, sustained large-scale destruction.
The disaster comes at a challenging moment for the country, which is seeking to stabilize its economy after the long rule of Nicolás Maduro. Interim President
Delcy Rodríguez
declared a national disaster on the same night as the quakes
, saying: “I ask that we act in national unity, with calm, and that we know that together we are going to overcome this tragedy.”
AS/COA covers the details of the disasters, the context of Venezuela’s vulnerable inf…
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, collapsing buildings ...
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, collapsing buildings ...
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas. (AP/ Juan Arraez)
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas and leaving residents shaken. (AP/Juan Arraez & Andry Rincon)
A man jumps on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Adrian Naranjo)
Rescue workers search for survivors at a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Rescue worker carry an injured man after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A boy comforts his mother after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
A collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Adrian Naranjo)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage, collapsing build…
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enezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes have rapidly evolved from a humanitarian catastrophe into the most serious political challenge facing interim President Delcy Rodriguez, as criticism mounts over the government’s handling of rescue efforts and long-standing weaknesses in the country’s emergency response system.
The twin earthquakes, which struck on June 24, have killed nearly 1,500 people, left tens of thousands missing and caused widespread destruction across parts of the country, particularly in the coastal state of La Guaira and the capital Caracas. Thousands remain displaced as emergency workers and volunteers continue searching through collapsed buildings for survivors.
While the initial public reaction focused on grief and shock, frustration has increasingly been directed at the government’s response, with residents, aid workers and analysts accusing authorities of reacting too slowly to one of the country’s worst natural disasters in decades.
For Rodriguez, who assumed the presidency following the removal of former President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year, the crisis repres…
Older buildings, substandard construction left Venezuela vulnerable to ...
Older buildings, substandard construction left Venezuela vulnerable to ...
Footage showed the devastation caused to homes and buildings in the Venezuelan coastal city of La Guaira after a rare double earthquake ravaged the country on Wednesday. (AP video shot by: Juan Arraez)
Venezuelan police search for survivors through the rubble in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026, two days after twin earthquake struck the country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble two days after an earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez)
A man retrieves items from the rubble two days after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Rescue workers aid Daniel Cordero after pulling him from the rubble two days after an earthquake struck Catia la Mar, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Older buildings, substandard construction and geography left many neighborhoods inVenezuela vulnerable to strong earthquakeslike the ones that struck the country this week.
Engineers and other experts said the back-to-back earthquakes on Wedne…
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Yoroku: Japan should extend as much aid as possible to Venezuela quake ...
Damage is seen July 7, 2026, after earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Simon Bolivar was a South American hero. In the 19th century, he fought Spain and led a vast colonial territory including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador to independence.
Born into one of Venezuela's leading aristocratic families, Bolivar's struggles against a powerful colonial ruler took many twists and turns. Soon after Venezuela first declared independence, the 1812 Caracas earthquake struck. More than 10,000 people are said to have died, and the disaster led to Spain's reoccupation.
Earthquakes occurring along the boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the South American Plate have shaped history there. Another quake in 1967 killed more than 200 people. Even so, no one could have predicted that a series of magnitude-7-class earthquakes would recently strike in succession in less than a minute.
Two weeks have passed since the devastating Venezuela earthquake that occurred on June 24. The death toll has surpassed 3,500. Some reports say the number of people who remain unreachable has climbed to 30,000. Des…
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Devastating images have laid bare the scale of destruction after powerful earthquakes in Venezuela killed at least 235 people, with thousands still unaccounted for as rescue teams race to find survivors.
Aerial images captured the stark before-and-after impact of the disaster, showing entire buildings leveled after two major tremors hit Venezuela on Wednesday evening.
The earthquakes, recorded by the US Geological Survey at magnitudes 7.1 and 7.5, have raised fears that the final death toll could reach anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 people.
Photographs from the hardest-hit areas showed collapsed structures, streets buried in debris and high-rise buildings reduced to rubble as the search for survivors continued.
Terrified passengers fled for safety as Simón Bolívar International Airport gave way, while sections of nearby cities were left shattered by the force of the quakes.
The tremors struck close to the coast, prompting frightened residents to pour out of s…
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Race Against Time: Rescuers Battle to Save Lives in Venezuela's Earthquake Aftermath
Rescue teams in Venezuela are in a race against time to find survivors after twin earthquakes devastated the region, leaving at least 1,450 people dead. The disaster has added pressure on interim President Delcy Rodriguez, with thousands still missing and political tensions running high amid ongoing relief efforts.
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In the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes that hit Venezuela, rescue teams are working tirelessly to find more survivors. At least 1,450 people have perished, and thousands are still unaccounted for, escalating the pressure on the interim government.
The quakes have left La Guaira, a state already burdened with political and economic challenges, in ruins. E…
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Update:
The death toll continued to rise in the aftermath of the quakes;
follow developments from Friday, June 26, here
. Our earlier story is below.
At least 235 people were killed and some 4,300 injured by a pair of powerful earthquakes that rocked Venezuela Wednesday evening, officials said Thursday. The toll was likely to keep rising as rescuers continued
searching collapsed buildings
and emergency crews raced to access devastated areas.
"Unfortunately we have received around 235 patients who arrive without vital signs or die when they arrive at our health facilities," Health Minister Carlos Alvarado told state media Thursday.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblors had magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5.
The agency's
predictive modeling indicated
the quakes could have killed thousands of people, with a 42% chance of at least 10,000 fatalities, though that is based on historical averages and does not take into account many factors specific to this event.
Communities across the country sustained damage. La Guaira, on the nation's northern coast, apparently was the hardest hit state, Venezuela's Acting Presi…
Venezuela quakes: Fallout turns political as opposition leader ... - 1News
Venezuela quakes: Fallout turns political as opposition leader ... - 1News
The fallout from Venezuela's
powerful twin quakes
has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday.
A day after Rodríguez angrily
defended the competence of her government's relief effort
at her first news conference since the June 24 disaster, her main rival, exiled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado, issued her own appeal.
Speaking Friday (local time) from Panama, Machado argued that the government's quake response exposed its critical weaknesses and that her return to Venezuela “contributes to facilitating the transition process, especially after the tragedy”.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
(Source: Associated Press)
"My presence stabilises the situation; it is part of the organising forces that the country needs at a time when the total absence of the state has become evident," Machado said, referring to widespread criticism of the
government’s earthquake response
as slow and disorganised. “The country nee…
Before Venezuela earthquakes, engineers worried buildings could ...
Before Venezuela earthquakes, engineers worried buildings could ...
Two days after the earthquake that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, several people are searching for their missing family members among the remains of the building where they lived.
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CARACAS, Venezuela —
For years, engineers analyzing Venezuela’s construction patterns have voiced a major concern: That the country’s precarious combination of soft ground soil and tall concrete structures — many lacking sufficient seismic reinforcement — could result in catastrophic destruction when a major earthquake struck.
That doomsday scenario came to pass in devastating fashion on Wednesday, when two massive, back-to-back quakes damaged or collapsed scores of buildings, leaving at least 1,…
Venezuela earthquake death toll climbs to 1,719; UN to deliver ... - WION
Venezuela earthquake death toll climbs to 1,719; UN to deliver ... - WION
The UN will provide 10,000 body bags to Venezuela as fears grow that the death toll from the twin earthquakes, which flattened neighbourhoods in La Guaira and killed more than 1,700 people, could continue to rise.
The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela five days ago has risen to at least 1,719, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday.
Rodriguez said 5,034 people were injured in the earthquakes, while tens of thousands remain missing.
The twin earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, struck on Wednesday evening and were also felt in neighbouring Colombia. They were the deadliest earthquakes to hit Venezuela in more than a century.
A magnitude 4.6 aftershock struck shortly after 7 am local time on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, raising fresh concerns over the safety of hundreds of buildings already weakened by the earlier tremors.
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez said 24 countries have sent 521 tonnes of relief supplies, including 86 canine units trained to locate survivors trapped under debris and more than 2,700 search and rescue perso…
A Refuge from the Devastation Caused by the Earthquakes in Venezuela is ...
A Refuge from the Devastation Caused by the Earthquakes in Venezuela is ...
Although the earthquake last Wednesday hit the entire coastal state north of Caracas hard, the panorama changes abruptly, upon entering the Caraballeda parish. The level of destruction in western La Guaira is difficult to comprehend. As one ventures deeper into the area, the devastation becomes denser. The number of buildings that collapsed on themselves after the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, which happened within a span of 39 seconds, form entire rows that have been reduced to mountains of concrete and twisted iron.
In some areas of the most affected urbanizations, such as Caribe and Tanaguarena, there are entire sections where debris removal has not yet begun. Caraballeda used to be one of the most prosperous areas in the state in the 1990s, a lively tourist area lined with palm trees, with luxury hotels, restaurants, condominiums with swimming pools, a pier full of yachts and even a golf course. Today it presents a desolate image, closer to that of a war zone than a holiday destination. That golf course, a vestige of the opulence that marked the area before the 1999 tragedy, has become…
How to Help Victims of the Venezuela Earthquakes
How to Help Victims of the Venezuela Earthquakes
Relief efforts are underway after
Venezuela
was struck by two successive earthquakes on Wednesday evening.
At least 920 people have died, with 3,360 injured,
said
Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the country’s National Assembly, on Friday. Officials expect casualty numbers to rise as search and rescue teams continue working, with many people believed to be trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
Over 50,000 people remain unaccounted for, according to the missing persons website
Desaparecidos Terremoto Venezuela
. The U.N. aid chief
offered
a similar estimation.
According to U.S. Geological Survey data, the epicenter of the first quake, which had a magnitude of 7.2, was roughly 100 miles west of the capital in Caracas. The second, which followed in under a minute and had a magnitude of 7.5, was located just under four miles east, about 19 miles away from the coastal town of Morón.
Much of the damage hit the coastal state of La Guaira.
In the aftermath of the quakes, world leaders extended condolences and offers of support.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who backed Venezuela's acting President
Delcy Rodríguez
’s rule after forcibly oustin…
UNITED STATES provided aid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Khaterine Roa cries as members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department search for survivors at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Doctors said Wednesday they feared the aftermath of Venezuela’s
devastating twin earthquakes
could trigger a widening medical crisis marked by untreated injuries, infectious diseases and a healthcare system already on the brink.
Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are
sleeping in crowded shelters or outside
without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary conditions following the
June 24 earthquakes
which officials say killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured.
Aid workers said the aftermath of the quakes has become a major medical crisis that, unless quickly controlled, would take more lives in the days and weeks ahead. The emergency has laid bare Venezuela’s chronic shortage of doctors, the result of years of economic c…
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Resident Kerli Faria takes a break amid the rubble while searching for her nephews at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela’s fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after
two powerful earthquakes
, with damaged and understaffed hospitals overwhelmed by the injured and deteriorating conditions in the disaster zone causing infectious diseases to spread.
The scores of international and domestic teams across Venezuela remain focused on the
search for survivors
, with the government death toll
surpassing 1,700
and new bodies
still being hauled
out from the rubble.
But a humanitarian crisis is already unfolding among the living. United Nations agencies expressed concern about the health effects of thousands of displaced people sleeping for days in the open or in crowded, unsanitary shelters.
Venezuelan officials say t…
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
CAMEROON engaged materially VENEZUELA in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
Strong aftershock terrifies Venezuelans days after devastating twin quakes
Strong aftershock terrifies Venezuelans days after devastating twin quakes
<p>Caracas and La Guaira affected by 4.6-magnitude tremor as death toll passes 1,700 and humanitarian crisis grows</p><p>A strong aftershock has rattled northern Venezuela, sending terrified residents racing on to the streets five days after the twin earthquakes that killed 1,719 people, left tens of thousands missing and triggered a growing humanitarian emergency.</p><p>The aftershock early on Monday – which the US Geological Survey measured at a magnitude of 4.6 – shook the capital, Caracas, and the devastated port city of La Guaira, where rescue crews are still hoping to pull as many survivors as possible from the rubble. Colombia’s geological survey put the aftershock’s magnitude at 5.1.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/29/strong-aftershock-terrifies-venezuelans-days-after-devastating-twin-quakes">Continue reading...</a>
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On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century. It toppled buildings and claimed more than 500 lives, authorities
said Friday
. The event, according to
the US Geological Survey
, was a rare phenomenon called a “doublet” that contained not one but two major earthquakes.
Doublets occur when two quakes of similar magnitude happen in close succession — potentially causing more damage than a single quake. In this instance, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook northern Venezuela and was followed by a 7.5-magnitude quake only 39 seconds later.
“Double earthquakes are very destructive,” said Raul Perez-Lopez, an earthquake scientist at Madrid’s Geological and Mining Institute of Spain. “The main difference is that double earthquakes have similar energy, whereas (a) single earthquake and (smaller) aftershocks are lesser in energy.”
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One quake was a magnitude 7.2, followed just seconds later by a 7.5.
When the first oftwo massive earthquakeshit Venezuela, American tourist Jason Wang said he was on a mountaintop outside Caracas, about to get on a cable car to head down.
It was just after 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday when a 7.2 magnitude jolted the South American country's coastal region, followed 39 seconds later by an even stronger 7.5 magnitude tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
High up on El Ávila mountain, about 7 miles outside the capital city, the 39-year-old Wang of Las Vegas said he was caught in a scene of confusion and panic, unsure what had just occurred.
"I was about to board the cable car. I started recording myself going in, and the whole building just started shaking. The floor under me was shaking, and then all of a sudden everyone started panicking," Wang told ABC News on Thursday morning.
He said he and other tourists charged toward the exit of the cable car building.
"We were just rushing for the door to exit the building, and none of us knew what was going on until a few minutes afterwards,"…
Venezuela Earthquakes: 235 Dead, 37,000 Missing, Mexico Sends 261 Rescuers
Venezuela Earthquakes: 235 Dead, 37,000 Missing, Mexico Sends 261 Rescuers
The two C-130s lifted off from Santa Lucía air base at 2:30 PM on Thursday, their cargo bays carrying 261 Mexican rescue workers, 18 sniffer dogs, and more than 15 tons of equipment and medicine bound for a country where over 37,000 people have vanished under collapsed buildings.
By the time the Mexican Air Force planes crossed the Caribbean, the official death count from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 had climbed past 235. The injured numbered more than 4,500. And in Caracas, La Guaira, and Yaracuy, families were still refreshing desaparecidosterremotovenezuela.com, a citizen-run missing persons database that logged tens of thousands of names in under 48 hours.
The quakes struck just before dusk on Wednesday, a national holiday. A 7.2 magnitude tremor hit roughly 160 kilometers west of Caracas. Less than a minute later, a second shock of 7.5 magnitude followed, turning what would have been a severe single event into something closer to a one-two knockout. The US Geological Survey's automated loss model, using historical fatality data from comparable seismic events, estimated that the…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
Two boys pulled from the rubble 85 hours after earthquakes
Two boys pulled from the rubble 85 hours after earthquakes
Venezuela earthquakes: Two boys pulled from the rubble 85 hours after disasters
Astonishing footage shows two 11-year-olds emerge from the twisted debris of their homes in Venezuela - 85 hours after a quake sparked devastation across the country
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11 year old boy rescued from under rubble in in La Guaira, Venezuela
Two boys are pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings in quake-hit
Venezuela
- a glimmer of hope among the devastation that has left 1,430 dead.
Astonishing footage shows the 11-year-olds emerge from the twisted debris of their homes, hours apart. Relieved rescuers erupt in applause as one boy, named Moises, shields his eyes from the sun,
four days after the South American country was rocked by a series of powerful quakes
.
Hours later, interim President Delcy Rodríquez announced another 11-year-old boy had been rescued.
Video posted on social media
showed him being carried down a huge mound of wreckage on a stretcher. It purportedly showed the miraculous rescue in the town of Caraballeda. Rodríquez wrote: "In these hours, every life is hope for V…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
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one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
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Back-to-back powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela on Wednesday evening
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Thousands are feared dead after back-to-back powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas.
Scenes on the ground have been described as "apocalyptic" as the sky is filled with gray dust from collapsed buildings.
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and its epicenter was west of the community of Morón, located along the country’s Caribbean coast, about 168 kilometers (104 miles) west of Caracas. The quake had a depth of 13 kilometers (8 miles).
The USGS reported an even larger 7.5-magnitude earthquake just a minute later. The second quake had a depth of 10 kilometers and its epicenter was 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of Morón.
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Pallet by pallet, people wrapped dozens of boxes to assure safekeeping to La Guaira, Venezuela. Inside, clothes, food, and medical supplies, much needed for areas destroyed by twin earthquakes Wednesday. One was magnitude 7.2, the 2nd 7.5. We as *** Venezuelan are very, very afraid and concerned about what is happening in our home. Hector Osorio is one of the organizers. This effort, fellow Venezuelans in Tulsa and OKC teaming up to take care of their own. Jesus Nunez thanks God that his son is OK. He says he escaped getting outside just moments before the building he was in crumbled down. I asked him how he felt seeing so many donations so far. Look, you have no idea the incredible satisfaction, the incredible accomplishment from the community's support. These 30 pallets are gathered through help from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, but the work is far from over. Thousands lost their homes. Tens of thousands are still missing tonight. This is *** tragedy that is going to take months and yea…
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The first earthquake, measuring magnitude 7.2, struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening with horrific force. But just 39 seconds after it started, an even more powerful magnitude 7.5 temblor struck, making a catastrophic disaster even worse.
A seismic one-two punch, which seismologists call a “doublet,” has added to the unease over what is shaping up to be one of the Western Hemisphere’s worst quakes in years.
Though less known to the general public, doublet earthquakes have long been studied by seismologists. Some have occurred in California, including in Imperial County and near Mammoth Mountain, as have big earthquakes followed by a sub…
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The two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela could shape not only the country’s future but also that of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who now faces the challenge of managing the nation’s worst emergency in more than a century.
Following the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that hit the country on Wednesday evening, it may take weeks before the full extent of the damage becomes clear. In the meantime, U.S. government experts estimate that the death toll could exceed 10,000. At present there are 900 confirmed deaths.
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According to analysts, the response to this disaster will not only require an enormous effort but will also determine Rodríguez’s political future.
A close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, Rodríguez has sought to portray herself as a force for political change, despite having served as vice president under Nicolás Maduro, whom Washington removed from…
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Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said in an overnight address on state television that 10 more countries were still to join rescue efforts and 14,000 military and police members were in La Guaira to patrol and take sanitary measures.
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Venezuela's government said on Saturday (27 June) 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes which killed more than 900 people this week as it tightened access to the worst-affected state.
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In Venezuela, the coastal state of La Guaira is rich with tradition, carrying a deep connection to its fraught history. Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area. For generations, they were typically allowed only three days off a year, from June 23rd to June 25th, in a recess mandated by the Catholic Church. During that window, they observed El Día de San Juan Bautista, which became an opportunity to practice the traditions of the communities from which they had been forcibly taken. For their descendants, it remains an occasion for celebration—a way of connecting to their lineage. Drumming, dancing, and singing often continue late into the night.
Last week, on June 24th, La Guaira’s residents began the day’s festivities at sunrise. The women and girls wore long, bright skirts, and the men wore formal trousers. At these celebrations, people parade an icon—usually a tan-skinned, dark-haired doll wearing robes and a crown, sitting atop a thro…
What aftermath for Venezuela? Earthquake relief hampered by political crisis
What aftermath for Venezuela? Earthquake relief hampered by political crisis
Kudos to Venezuela's first responders and all the brave citizens still pulling survivors from under the rubble of the 774 buildings that collapsed in last Wednesday’s double earthquakes. Is the sudden pancaking of so many structures - structures built during the boom years of high oil prices, a tipping point for an under-sanctions nation dogged by decades of eroding services and infrastructure? The interim president of a regime in survival mode was copiously booed Saturday in Caracas as many accuse the successor of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro of putting the security apparatus before disaster relief.
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Twin powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, killing at least 32 people, injuring hundreds, and causing widespread damage to infrastructure, airports, and homes. The disaster disrupted tourism, prompted tsunami alerts across the Caribbean and triggered an outpouring of eyewitness reports on social media as rescue operations continue
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela is grappling with one of the most destructive seismic disasters in its modern history after two powerful earthquakes struck the country’s northern Caribbean coast on Wednesday, 6.04 pm local time, killing at least 32 people, injuring more than 700 others, and with unconfirmed speculations of more than 100,000 possible victims. It triggered widespread damage to homes, public infrastructure, and transportation networks.
The back-to-back earthquakes, measured at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), struck within seconds of each other near Yumare and Morón, west of Caracas. on Wednesday 18.11. The violent shaking was felt across much of northern Venezuela and throughout parts of th…
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Two devastating earthquakes ripped through Venezuela on Wednesday evening, flattening buildings in Caracas and sparking fears that the disaster could leave up to 100,000 people dead.
Shocking footage and images revealed the aftermath of the back-to-back 7.1 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes, which forced panicked travellers to run for their lives as Simón Bolívar International Airport collapsed and parts of nearby cities were reduced to rubble.
The tremors struck near the coast, sending terrified residents racing out from swaying apartment blocks as walls collapsed and clouds of dust rose over the capital.
'High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,' the US Geological Survey said, 'with an initial death toll estimate likely between 10,000 and 100,000.'
On Thursday morning, Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez said the death toll had risen to 164. It was earlier reported that at least 700 people …
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Less than two hours after two powerful earthquakes left hundreds dead and thousands missing in northern Venezuela, including its capital city of Caracas, families whose homes had been rendered unlivable began to make their way to Hebraica, the Jewish community center in Caracas, where they spent the night sleeping on beach chairs and in cars parked on the center’s football field.
That night, more than 400 people sought refuge.
“Based on all the years of hardships we’ve had — massive power outages and other problems — the community already knows where they can go if something happens,” said Roberto Mishkin, president of the Union Israelita de Caracas, the country’s largest Ashkenazi Jewish congregation, adding that aftershocks are still rattling the area.
“A lot of people don’t want to return because they live on high floors. They’re scared.”
The sprawling campus of Hebra…
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The twin shocks struck densely populated neighborhoods unprepared for long, violent shaking, unleashing panic and leaving entire districts unrecognizable. Millions in Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira are now sleeping in cars, searching for relatives, and
bracing for aftershocks
as rescue crews race to reach the trapped.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez declared a national emergency and said “dozens of buildings have collapsed,” with La Guaira facing “a true tragedy.” The U.S. Geological Survey issued two red alerts and estimated a 41 percent probability that
fatalities could exceed 10,000
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
Aid groups warn Venezuela's healthcare system is near its limit
Aid groups warn Venezuela's healthcare system is near its limit
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) increased its operations in Venezuela, distributing food assistance and establishing temporary feeding centres to support affected communities. The U.N. agency had been operating in La Guaira, the state hardest hit by the two powerful earthquakes that struck the country on June 24, while expanding to other impacted areas across Venezuela.
People reach out to receive supplies from volunteers, days after an earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Resident Kerli Faria takes a break amid the rubble while searching for her nephews at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Rscuers from Spain mobilized though the area affected in the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Ogleisys Cisneros holds her son, Santiago Medina, while waiting in line for government humanitarian aid, days after an earthquake struck in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Massive back-to-back earthquakes rocked northern Venezuela in the early evening on June 24. The first struck at 6:04 p.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.2, according to the
U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS). It was followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 quake, with an epicenter that was 10 miles southwest of the city of Morón—a major industrial hub along the Caribbean coast—and 104 miles west of the capital, Caracas. The second quake was the strongest to hit the country in a century. At least
thirty aftershocks
have been reported.
By the next morning, the Venezuelan government said the twin quakes had left 164 people dead and more than 1,000 injured. Those figures are expected to rise. The USGS
estimates
that the death toll could be between ten thousand and one hundred thousand people. The …
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Venezuela’s government said on Saturday that 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes, which killed more than 900 people this week, as it tightened access to the worst-affected state.
Residents and volunteers in La Guaira, a popular destination for beachgoers where at least 100 buildings, many residential high-rises, were destroyed or damaged, have for days decried shortages of heavy equipment and a limited official presence.
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez said in an overnight address on state television that 10 more countries were still to join rescue efforts and 14,000 military and police members were in La Guaira to patrol and take sanitary measures.
“In recent hours, Venezuela has received 17 flights carrying more than 1,600 members of rescue teams, and over the …
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
AUTHORITIES provided aid in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew among anguished residents of the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, where rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors amid a sharply rising death toll.
Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the country’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
Frustration was only amplified by state efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
“There’s a pile of bodies over there from last night. Newborn babies. Look what time it is, and they still haven’t come to recover them. At 8 p.…
Venezuela: Search for survivors continues days after a double earthquake that claimed at least 1,430 lives and left over 50,000 missing.
Context: The magnitude of the disaster prompted national-level...
Venezuela: Search for survivors continues days after a double earthquake that claimed at least 1,430 lives and left over 50,000 missing.
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2,000 dead, 72-hour critical window over, 43,000 missing: Latest on ...
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Rescue operations in twin earthquake-hit Venezuela are currently underway despite the closure of the critical 72-hour window to rescue people alive. The death toll currently stands close to 2,000, while 43,000 others remain missing.
Widespread destruction and structural collapse followed the country after it was struck by 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes mere seconds apart on June 24.
As per numbers collated by the Venezuelan government, opposition, UNICEF, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), at least 1,943 people have been killed so far, more than 10,500 injured, about 16,000 left homeless, more than 6,400 people rescued, about 43,000 missing, around 680,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance, andabout 59,000 buildings damagedin thedisaster.
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With the closure of the 72-hour-window, rescue operations continue in the region despite the hopes of recovering people alive significantly reducing. Rescue teams hailing from Ecuador and the US halted operations at a site in Macuto, a L…
Window to save Venezuela earthquake survivors 'has closed'
Window to save Venezuela earthquake survivors 'has closed'
ByCAROLINE GRAHAM, US EDITOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
Published:19:19 EDT, 27 June 2026|Updated:21:21 EDT, 27 June 2026
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The 'golden window' to reach survivors of Venezuela's twin earthquakes ran out last night, with rescuers fearing tens of thousands are dead under the rubble.
Nearly 1,500 people are confirmed dead – but at least 50,000 are missing after back-to-back earthquakes struck the South American country on Wednesday evening.
Rescuers continued to pull people from the rubble yesterday – including a newborn baby, which survived.
But one rescuer toldCNN: 'The clock is running out. We consider the first 48 to 72 hours after a quake as the golden window to reach people buried alive under the rubble.
'After that the chances of survival without water diminishes rapidly.'
A 68-strong UK International Search and Rescue team flew fromRAFBrize Norton on Friday, joining more than 2,000 others from around the world in the search for survivors.
Two powerful quakes rocked the country shortly after 6pm Wednesday within seconds of each other.
Emergency crews comb through debris as desperate families await news…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful
back-to-back earthquakes
, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira.
Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes struck northern Venezuela, attention turned to the humanitarian crisis that was taking shape in devastated regions.
The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government.
Major questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government under acting President Delcy Rodríguez — who came to power in January after the Trump administration seized former President Nicolás Maduro — will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.
Facing criticism that authorities have done too little,…
Two 11-year-old boys pulled alive from Venezuela quake rubble as hope ...
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11-year-old Moises was pulled out of the rubble after being trapped for days
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Rescuers in Venezuela have pulled two 11-year-old boys alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings, offering a rare moment of hope as the country battles the devastating aftermath of two powerful earthquakes that have killed at least 1,430 people.
The boys were rescued within hours of each other after spending days trapped beneath layers of concrete and twisted metal following the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck just 39 seconds apart on Wednesday, according to the BBC.
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The first boy, identified as Moises, was lifted from the wreckage to applause from rescue workers. Video footage showed his eyes covered to protect them from the bright sunlight as he emerged after days in darkness.
Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management said Moises had been buried beneath about three metres of debris. Rescue teams spent six painstaking hours carrying out what they described as…
Quake-hit Venezuela's hospitals care for children left alone
Quake-hit Venezuela's hospitals care for children left alone
After twin quakes, young survivors fill Caracas wards as families search in vain
Teenager Yenderlin Cabarza waited alone in an emergency room on Thursday, her bones broken by two powerful earthquakes that devastated Venezuela the day before.
The 13-year-old survived the twin tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 on Wednesday that killed her mother and her uncle, who shielded her body from the building that crumbled around them.
The disaster has left at least 188 people dead and injured more than 1,500 others, and Venezuela's hospitals are tending to young people whose parents are nowhere to be found.
As ambulances pulled in and out of Domingo Luciani Hospital in eastern Caracas, loved ones anxiously checked long lists of names posted on the wall of quake victims who had been admitted to the facility.
Twenty-two of those names belonged to people aged between four and 19.
These youngsters were injured in the coastal city of La Guaira, where the quakes reduced entire buildings to rubble, trapping people underneath.
Cabarza was transported by ambulance from this area, which authorities described as a "disaster zone."
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LA GUAIRA/MORON, Venezuela - Nearly 24 hours after devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela, people in the coastal city of La Guaira were still using their hands to dig through rubble, trying to rescue their neighbors.
"We are trying to help with what we can, but there is a lack of equipment," said Carlos Borges, who said he was frustrated by the shortage of machinery like backhoes to move the piles of concrete slabs that were once high-rise apartment buildings.
His team pulled three people from one building, as other anxious family members, including the single mother of a missing teenage boy, waited at the site on Thursday morning.
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Anguished relatives seeking loved ones know time is not on their side as they cling to hope that their loved ones can be found safe.
For some, the good news started with a whisper — or a baby’s cry.
On Thursday, a father stood in front of a collapsed apartment building here, shouting his adult son’s name over and over, searching for a sign he was still alive a day after the powerful quakes.
The father, José Alberto Gallipoli, went down into the building’s crumbled basement to see if he could hear…
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In the Playa Grande neighborhood of Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, World Vision is working alongside local churches and partners to support residents impacted by Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes. Teams are providing emergency food, safe drinking water, hygiene supplies, psychosocial support, and child protection services as communities begin to recover. (© 2026 World Vision/photo by Carlos Arellano)
On June 24, 2026, two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela less than a minute apart, causing widespread devastation near the capital of Caracas. The earthquakes damaged homes, hospitals, schools, and critical infrastructure, leaving thousands of families in urgent need of assistance.
As search-and-rescue operations continue, at …
Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 1700 | AP News
Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 1700 | AP News
A strong aftershock jolted Venezuela early Monday following last week’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, as civilians and emergency responders kept combing through the ruins of fallen buildings for survivors. The aftershock, which struck about 27 kilometers (17 miles) north of Caraballeda on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast at 7:01 a.m. local time, measured 4.6 on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey. Colombia’s geological survey put the magnitude at 5.1.
Large cracks were seen along the shore on Sunday as residents said that parts of the shoreline, which were previously flat, have since been elevated as high as nearly 20 feet above water. Only 7 miles (11 kilometers) separate Venezuela from the twin-island Caribbean nation at their closest points. (AP Video shot by Anselm Gibbs; production by Milexsy Durán)
Residents watch rescuers’ efforts to reach survivors beneath the rubble of a building that collapsed in the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, early Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Experts say the first 72 hours after natural disasters define the narrow window for rescuing the living. After that the search usually becomes one of recovering bodies.
Emergency teams with rescue dogs are continuing the search for any remaining survivors of powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela, where the death toll has surpassed 1,450 and nearly 200 buildings have completely collapsed.
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A man and his teen son were found alive under the rubble on Sunday by French and American rescue teams in Caraballeda, a town about 40 kilometres north of Caracas.
The rescue offered a glimmer of hope in an ongoing tragedy that has shaken a country already mired in an economic crisis, but tens of thousands of people were still reported missing and the critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped victims following a natural disaster has now passed.
Millions more people were feared to la…
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Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez confirmed at least 164 casualties, although the US Geological Survey warned the final death toll could surpass 10,000, asback-to-back strong earthquakesstruck the South American country on Wednesday evening. A magnitude 7.2 foreshock hit about 160 kilometres west of the capital, Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5.
Two powerful quakes within a minute of each other accounted for a rare incident, making it the largest to hit the South American country in more than a century. As rescue teams are still doing their best to search through the rubble for survivors who may be trapped under the massive debris of the twinearthquakes, the actual death toll is feared to be much higher.
While the double-earthquake event was deadly, at least 30 aftershocks have also occurred in its aftermath, according to the country’s interim president. Delcy Rodriguez particularly pointed out that the coastal state of La Guaira suffered the most damage, noting “dozens” of buildings collapsed there. As a result, the state north of Caracas has been declared a disast…
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela's state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430.
Families reported at least 68,900 people missing Saturday, three days after the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
devastated the South American nation.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit states. They were joined by a growing number of international rescue teams who began to climb through the rubble, offering a small glint of hope to anguished families.
Tensions peaked over what many Venezuelans viewed as an inadequate response by the government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy. Frustration was amplified by efforts to project the image of a robust state response.
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Venezuela’s US-backed acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday issued a fiery defence of her government’s response to last week’s devastating earthquakes.
She lashed out at critics who say authorities reacted too slowly, pushing back on suggestions that the true death toll is far higher than the government has acknowledged and rejecting accusations that the nation’s shoddily constructed social housing exacerbated the disaster.
The self-described socialist government of Ms Rodriguez, striving for legitimacy months after the United States removed former president Nicolas Maduro from power in January, has come under fire for what residents have described as a sluggish and haphazard response to the quakes.
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
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Families in the Venezuelan city of La Guaira mourned loved ones and searched for survivors Thursday after a pair of powerful earthquakes brought down apartment buildings and left scores of people trapped beneath the rubble across the country. (AP video shot by: Juan Arraez and Andry Rincon)
Franklin Fuentes searches for missing relatives in the collapsed building where they lived two days after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Personal de rescate buscan entre los escombros tras el sismo registrado en La Guaira, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Pedro Mattey)
Residents search through the rubble two days after an earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building after earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Neighbors carry a man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building the day after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes rose to 1,430 on Saturday, officials said. The latest figures were released as rescuers continued the search for survivors of the
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes
that devastated the South American nation three days earlier. Families had reported at least 68,900 people missing as of Saturday morning.
Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors
used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of Venezuela’s hardest-hit states.
Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions spiked over an inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The increasingly desperate search for survivors i
n Venezuela
entered a third day Saturday as people dug through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after the devastating
one-two punch of 7.2 and 7…
After an earthquake, how long can trapped victims survive?
After an earthquake, how long can trapped victims survive?
A rescuer from a U.S. search-and-rescue team evaluates access to an earthquake-damaged building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Mexican Army rescue workers search for people trapped in collapsed buildings after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
NEW YORK (AP) — For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.
If their injuries aren’t too severe, victims can survive for a week or more, assuming the weather isn’t too hot or cold, experts say.
In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble aftertwo powerful earthquakesshook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday. More than 770 buildings were totally or partially collapsed from the earthquakes, and aftershocks continued toshake the region.
Most rescues happen in the 24 hours after a disaster. The chances of survival drop with each day after that, experts say. Most victims are badly injured or buried by falling stones or other debris.
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'Everything blew up': A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela ...
'Everything blew up': A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela ...
'Everything blew up': A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela
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An elderly man stands amidst the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela.
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Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes – or cannot safely return to them – after the deadly quakes that struck the country on 24 June.
Venezuelan authorities have declared seven days of national mourning. At least 2,295 people have died and 11,256 have been injured, with around 6,400 rescued so far.
Fourteen camps for displaced people have been set up in La Guaira alone, as hospitals remain under severe strain and search and rescue operations continue.
Two nights sleeping rough
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Daniela Jaramillo with her son and her dog, which survived and gave birth in a camp in La Guaira state following the earthquakes of June 24.
Daniela Jaramillo arrived at Playa Grande with her husband, her father, her five chil…
Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
<p>Hopes were fading Monday of finding survivors more than four days after <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010737">powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela</a>, as residents grow increasingly frustrated with the government’s response to the disaster that has killed at least 1,450 people.</p>
<p>French and American rescue teams found a man and his teen son alive under the rubble on Sunday in Caraballeda, a town about 40 kilometers north of Caracas, <em>AFP</em> journalists saw.</p>
<p>The rescue offered a glimmer of hope in an ongoing tragedy that has shaken a country already mired in an economic crisis, but tens of thousands of people were still unaccounted for as the critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped victims passed.</p>
<p>Millions more people were feared to lack sanitation and other basic needs after one of Latin America’s most devastating earthquake disasters.</p>
<p>Some 774 buildings were badly damaged in back-to-back quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck on Wednesday evening, including 189 buildings that have totally collapsed, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on S…
An 'angel' in darkness after Venezuela's deadly quakes - RFI
An 'angel' in darkness after Venezuela's deadly quakes - RFI
An 'angel' in darkness after Venezuela's deadly quakes
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Cordido's eyes can't help but radiate with gratitude when he speaks about the volunteer rescuers who pulled him from the ruins of Venezuela's double earthquake, which killed more than 2,600 people.
He spent nearly 30 hours trapped in the fetal position after his building collapsed.
In seconds, the earth swallowed the 12-story structure, and he watched as Hernando, his adopted son, and Hernando's wife were sucked into a kind of dust devil, powerless to do anything to save them.
The darkness was total; there was no air. He couldn't move in any direction, pinned with sharp fragments all around.
Then he heard Roa, who is one of a group of five volunteer rescuers who gathered in La Guaira, a popular beach resort 40 kilometers (2…
Venezuela: Reflections on the Day the Earth Shook - MLToday
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June 28, 2026
The earth didn’t just shake. It roiled. It revolted. It roared.
It’s still not clear how many have died, are injured, or have lost their worldly possessions. 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000…
After a certain point, the exact figures fade into the horizon, blurring and losing all form after being consumed by a thick fog of national mourning and grief.
Our deep-felt need to act, to do something, spurs us to push past the barriers of collective pain and force back the soul-quivering sorrow that currently demobilizes all Venezuelans.
I was at home when I felt the quake – relaxing just hours after sending my
latest column
to MLT, in fact – but I have been lucky enough not to become just another statistic. Yet, like most here, I have friends, family, comrades in the affected area who are still to report if they are alive or… not.
The human loss is irreplaceable, and – like other Venezuelan disasters such as the
1999 Vargas tragedy
or the
1967 ea…
Venezuela quake: Key services crippled and health workers missing
Venezuela quake: Key services crippled and health workers missing
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Search and rescue operations continued in Venezuela on Tuesday as thousands of displaced survivors struggled to find shelter and humanitarians issued an alert over the spread of infectious disease.
Six days after powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck central-northern Venezuela, “food shortages are widespread” in La Guaira, the hardest-hit state, saidUNHCR, the UN refugee agency.
“Basic services have broken down and connectivity has been largely severed”, while community tensions are rising as access to assistance is constrained, added spokesperson Carlotta Wolf.
And in the aftermath of the massive disaster “there is panic…people want to have access to aid as soon as possible”, she continued.
A rapid needs assessment conducted by UNHCR at the end of last week across La Guaira, the Capital District, Miranda, Aragua and Carabobo states showed that half of those surveyed were staying with neighbors or relatives after the disaster, while almost four in 10 “are living in streets and public spaces, and others in churches, schools, or improvised facilities”, Ms. Wolf said.
“These improvise…
BBC meets Venezuela earthquake survivors - Apple Podcasts
BBC meets Venezuela earthquake survivors - Apple Podcasts
In Venezuela, rescue teams are searching through collapsed buildings for survivors after last week’s devastating earthquakes, with international help now reaching some of the worst-hit areas. The BBC hears from people who have been left with nothing, as thousands sleep outdoors or in makeshift shelters.
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Strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
Strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
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A strong aftershock has jolted Venezuela following last week’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, as civilians and emergency responders continue to comb through the ruins of fallen buildings for survivors.
The aftershock, which struck about 17 miles north of Caraballeda on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast at 7.01am local time, measured 4.6 on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Colombia’s geological survey put the magnitude at 5.1.
Mexican Army rescue workers search for people (Matias Delacroix/AP)
Jorge Rodríguez, the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly, said there were no immediate reports of additional damage from the quake, which sent residents in the capital of Caracas screaming into the streets.
“Here we are again, back in the street. I d…
Neighbors search for loved ones in rubble after 2 deadly earthquakes
Neighbors search for loved ones in rubble after 2 deadly earthquakes
Venezuelans take search for the missing into their own hands in earthquake aftermath; death toll at 920
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes, saying they have seen few state rescue teams in the hardest-hit areas despite authorities projecting an image of a robust government response.
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Venezuelans are taking the search for missing loved ones into their own hands in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes
Many of them complained Friday that they had not seen state rescue teams despite authorities projecting an image of a robust government response
The devastating 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes that struck late Wednesday killed at least 920 people and left thousands injured
Desperate families across northern Venezuela searched in the ruins of buildings for family members and whatever remained of their lives
The apparent lack of government help co…
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VENEZUELA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two powerful earthquakes have left more than 30 people dead and at least 700 others injured in Venezuela.
The stronger of the two quakes — a magnitude 7.5 — struck about eight hours ago and is being described as the region’s most powerful earthquake in more than a century.
The earthquakes collapsed buildings in Caracas and caused widespread damage across parts of the country.
Hawaii chef Jurian Rojas, who has family in Venezuela, said many communities are struggling without emergency resources.
“People don’t know where to go. There is no shelter in place. No help, no nothing,” Rojas said. “Especially when you live here and you see what happens. There’s a disaster like Maui fires, where there’s FEMA, police, National Guard everything comes together. Over there it’s empty, like crickets.”
Officials have declared the coastal state of La Guaira a disaster zone, and Caracas’ international airport has been temporarily closed.
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The UN and its partners are ramping up assistance for people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, working alongside the Government's response effort, as a new UN estimate puts direct physical damage at $37 billion.
“We and our partners are continuing to scale up assistance to impacted people by the earthquakes, in coordination with the Government,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York on Monday.
The two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck the north-central region of Venezuela on 24 June, just 39 seconds apart. A first assessment by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) estimates direct physical damage to housing and infrastructure at some $37 billion.
That figure includes around$24 billion in damage to buildings – homes, businesses, schools, hospitals and public facilities – and another $13 billion in infrastructure.
Within that latter category, telecommunications sustained the heaviest losses, at around $5 billion, followed by energy generation and roads.
The estimate is based on risk modelling rather than on-the-ground inspec…
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Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes on Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and was overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families reason to keep hopes alive.
Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 ho…
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B osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
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A gulf Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
B social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
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A gulf Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
B pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
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A gulf Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
B other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
⚔ different death toll figures
A gulf Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
B western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
⚔ different death toll figures
A gulf Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
B latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
⚔ different death toll figures
A gulf Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
⚔ different death toll figures
A osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
B social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
⚔ different death toll figures
A osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
B pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
⚔ different death toll figures
A osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
B other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
⚔ different death toll figures
A osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
B western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
⚔ different death toll figures
A osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
B latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
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A osint At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
⚔ different death toll figures
A social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
B pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
⚔ different death toll figures
A social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
B other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
⚔ different death toll figures
A social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
B western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
⚔ different death toll figures
A social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
B latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
⚔ different death toll figures
A social The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
⚔ different death toll figures
A pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
B other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
⚔ different death toll figures
A pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
B western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
⚔ different death toll figures
A pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
B latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
⚔ different death toll figures
A pakistan The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
⚔ different death toll figures
A other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
B western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
⚔ different death toll figures
A other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
B latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
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A other The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
⚔ different death toll figures
A western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
B latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
⚔ different death toll figures
A western Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
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A latam The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
B other Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
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Two earthquakes in Venezuela killed nearly 2,000 people.
alarabiya
At least 1,719 people have died after two earthquakes in northwestern Venezuela.
bellingcat
The death toll from the twin earthquakes is more than 1,700.
bluesky
1,600 foreign rescue team members arrived in Venezuela to help search for survivors.
dawn
The twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people this week.
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Interim President Delcy Rodriguez said 10 more countries were still to join rescue efforts.
dawn
14,000 military and police members were in La Guaira to patrol and take sanitary measures.
dawn
774 buildings collapsed in the double earthquakes.
france24
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) detected an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 off the coast of Venezuela.
gdelt
The 5.6‑magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km.
gdelt
The twin earthquakes reportedly resulted in deaths of nearly 1,500 individuals.
gdelt
After the earthquakes in Venezuela, the U.S. immediately mobilized, activating urban search and rescue teams and delivering humanitarian and medical supplies.
gdelt
Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez thanked United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
gdelt
Officially, more than 1,700 people have died.
guardian
Tens of thousands remain missing.
guardian
The official death toll stands at 2,954 dead.
mercopress
More than 16,500 people are injured.
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Nearly all international rescue teams have departed.
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Dozens of machines arrived in recent hours to speed up clearing rubble.
mercopress
Tens of thousands of people urgently need food and shelter in Venezuela after the earthquakes.
alarabiya
The UN refugee agency said food shortages are widespread, basic services have broken down and connectivity has been largely severed in La Guaira.
alarabiya
Daniela Armas said people sometimes nearly kill each other for food.
alarabiya
Two earthquakes near Caracas killed nearly 190 people.
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