Two earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, within a span of one minute, according to cyberpeace.org. The earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, caused widespread destruction and collapsed buildings across the country, and are among the largest in Venezuela in over a century. The epicenter was in Morón, on Venezuela's Caribbean coast, and the quakes occurred shortly after 6 p.m. local time, according to sportingnews.com. People in Caracas evacuated buildings and poured into the streets after feeling the tremors, and rescuers are searching through piles of rubble in Venezuela, according to cnn.com.

Conflicting reports exist on the death and injury tolls. Mercopress and merco press reported at least 164 people died and 971 were injured. CNN.com reported at least 589 people died and 2,980 were injured.

Videos falsely claiming to show the devastation of the earthquakes have circulated on social media. Cyberpeace.org reported that a video showing two high-rise buildings colliding before collapsing was generated using artificial intelligence and is not authentic. A Facebook user named 'Rana Yashwant' shared the video on June 26, 2026, with a caption describing the scene. France24 reported that old footage from Venezuela has been presented as current footage of the earthquakes, and social media has been flooded with misleading videos.

Fishermen off the coast of La Guaira captured video of the first seconds of the earthquakes, according to mercopress. A baseball game between Senadores de Caracas and G... was disrupted by the earthquakes, according to sportingnews.com. Four months have passed since US forces captured Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and ousted him from power.