Death Toll From Venezuela June Earthquakes Tops 6,000
Officials said 60,992 people were treated and 6,462 rescued as criticism grew over the government’s response and missing-person counts.
- The Venezuelan government announced the confirmed death toll from June 24 earthquakes has risen to more than 6000 people, ranking the disaster as the 10th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century, behind Nepal.
- A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near Yaracuy on June 24, followed 39 seconds later by a 7.5 tremor near Vargas; the USGS described the event as a doublet affecting coastal La Guaira and Caracas hardest.
- Following a 10-day reporting gap, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez announced on Monday that 61,000 people had been treated in hospitals, with only 16.5 percent of debris removed.
- Interim President Delcy Rodriguez faces mounting criticism for government response shortcomings, while advocates urge The United States to loosen economic sanctions to facilitate critical funding flow into Venezuela.
- A World Bank report placed physical damage from the earthquakes at nearly $20bn; despite pledges of global support, it remains unclear where such recovery funds will originate.
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The Government called on the international community to help deal with the two earthquakes, but years of budget cuts and political repression had diminished its ability to rescue the countless people trapped in the rubble.
Two earthquakes of 7.2 magnitudes and 7.5 shook Venezuela and triggered one of the biggest emergencies of recent years, with destruction, disappearances and thousands of people affected. Lucía Boccio reviews which were the hardest hit areas, why the earthquakes occurred and in what situation the country encountered this catastrophe.
1000, 10,000, 50,000... The number of people who disappeared during the double earthquake of 24 June which caused at least 6125 deaths in Venezuela gives rise to a waltz of contradictory figures while the authorities, far from clarifying the situation, do not give any official indication.
Church in Venezuela seeks donor support for rebuilding phase of quake relief
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – While the Venezuelan Church celebrated the national and international wave of solidarity and the donations received for the victims of the earthquakes that struck the South American nation in June, it still needs to rely on the generosity of donors in the face of the many challenges that lie ahead. More than a month ago, on Jun. 24, two successive earthquakes struck northern Venezuela. A magnitude 7.2 foreshock had its epicen…
Death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes rises to 6,125
Venezuela’s official death toll from the devastating twin earthquakes that struck the country’s north-central region on June 24 has climbed to 6,125, according to a reconstruction bulletin released late Monday, as authorities reported continued progress in evaluating damaged homes while warning that thousands of residences remain unsafe more than five weeks after the disaster.
Rebuilding Toward the Commune: Hope as Discipline in the Absence of Solid Ground
By Tamayba Lara – Jul 30, 2026 The earth moved—and so did the political and social forces Venezuelan soil was shaken by the violence of two devastating earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 and occurring just 39 seconds apart. While the Venezuelan people were commemorating the Battle of Carabobo and celebrating to the beat of drums on the feast of San Juan, the tremors dissolved the ground beneath their feet and abruptly interrupted the country’…
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