A ‘Seismic Doublet’ Shakes Venezuela: What Were the Earthquakes Magnitude? Have There Been Any Fatalities?
The magnitude-7.2 and 7.5 quakes struck 39 seconds apart, leaving about 1,500 injured and thousands missing, officials said.
- On Wednesday, two powerful earthquakes measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela just 39 seconds apart, toppling buildings in Caracas. At least 32 people were killed and 700 injured.
- A rupture where the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates meet unleashed the twin quakes along the Bocono fault, which runs along the Venezuelan Andes for about 500 kilometres.
- Unlike other nations, Venezuela lacks an early earthquake warning system, leaving residents no time to evacuate. Officials have not ruled out a scenario involving between 10,000 and 100,000 casualties.
- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez declared a state of emergency as tremors caused roof collapses at Maiquet International Airport. La Guaira, suffering the most severe damage, was designated a disaster zone.
- The USGS said there is a 99 per cent chance of at least one magnitude-4 aftershock hitting Venezuela within the next week, and a 24 per cent chance of a magnitude-6 occurring.
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EXPLAINER: What are the differences between the Venezuela and Mindanao earthquakes?
Venezuela was hit by back-to-back earthquakes on Thursday with a magnitude of above 7.0, drawing comparisons to the massive earthquake that hit Mindanao on June 8, 2026, according to a report in "Saksi."
The 39-Second Disaster: Why Venezuela's Rare Twin Earthquakes Triggered Caribbean Tsunami Alerts
A rare sequence of two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela just 39 seconds apart on Wednesday, triggering tsunami alerts across parts of the Caribbean and causing widespread disruption. Search-and-rescue operations carried on through the night as emergency crews worked through damaged buildings, while authorities assessed the scale of the destruction. The first earthquake measured magnitude 7.2. A stronger magnitude 7.5 quake followed less tha…
A double earthquake of 7.2 magnitude and 7.5 devastated Venezuela and has left at least 188 dead, hundreds injured and thousands missing.
The country is a region of high seismic risk, as shown by the fact that in the last 60 years at least 506 people have died because of 'only' three earthquakes. More information: The keys to the earthquake in Venezuela: seismic bending, 10 km of depth and released power after more than 100 years
By Kasha Patel, CNN. On Wednesday night, Venezuela suffered one of its biggest earthquakes in more than a century, one that toppled buildings and claimed more than 230 lives. The event, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was a rare phenomenon called a "doublet," which consisted of not one, but two large earthquakes. Doublets occur when two earthquakes of similar magnitude happen in quick succession—potentially causing more damage than a si…
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