Venezuela earthquakes live updates: Death toll rises to at least 1,400 as searches continue, officials say

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Source: abc news


Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening.

Death toll rises from Venezuelan earthquakes as help arrives from USCaracas-based journalist Tony Frangie Mawad reports from Venezuela following the devastating twin earthquakes with the death toll now at 1,430 people killed, according to Venezuelan officials.

By Kevin Shalvey and Ivan Pereira

Last Updated: June 27, 2026, 2:10 PM CDT

At least 1,430 people were killed and more than 3,200 were injured as a pair of powerful earthquakes struck 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................

Read more: https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/venezuela-earthquakes-updates/?id=134196335

[BigmanPigman]

1. I've been watching news reports

from various countries and some people are still alive and trapped and are texting friends and relatives. It's the crucial 72 hour time frame. The biggest problems are issues with the inability to get into the areas hardest hit since it's absolutely chaos everywhere. Roads and airports are not open or safe. Aftershocks are slowing efforts down, too. People/rescuers are arriving and leaving, and there is very little origination from the hapless government that no one trusts with real info and numbers. Some social media sites have just been opened by the govt since they banned it during decades of dictatorship and corruption.

They need huge machinery to remove tons of slabs of concrete and this is not arriving fast enough from foreign countries who were arriving today. Sniffer dogs have been finding people, alive and dead.

They say donate $ but to send it via the Red Cross since it is safer that way and to use a credit card which can verify/insure its use.

They need food, medical supplies, but mostly shelter for the thousands of displaced citizens. Venezuela WAS already suffering now it is a million times worse.

[Blue Owl]

2. I sure as hell hope that the sickening DOGE cuts by Muskmelon....

Didn’t prevent relief funds/support from the USA going there to aid in this search & rescue & rebuild. But I have a sickening feeling they did somehow…….

[Omaha Steve]

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