Overview
- A double earthquake sequence that struck on Wednesday, June 24 produced massive damage across La Guaira and parts of Caracas, toppling hundreds of buildings and leaving entire neighborhoods uninhabitable.
- Official tallies updated by authorities reported about 1,450 deaths and roughly 3,150 injured, while later media updates put the toll nearer 1,719 and the United Nations warned that more than 50,000 people remain unlocated.
- Thousands of rescuers from Venezuela and more than two dozen countries — roughly 2,600 to 2,700 specialists and dozens of search dogs — are conducting grid searches and have found at least 33 people alive under rubble.
- Strong and repeated aftershocks, including a 4.6‑magnitude replica, have forced new evacuations, interrupted work at collapse sites and led authorities to declare disaster zones with controlled entry and mandatory volunteer registration at Poliedro.
- Damage to roads, the Maiquetía airport and utilities is slowing aid flows, leaving displaced families in shelters or on streets and raising urgent public health risks from water loss, damaged hospitals and crowded temporary camps.