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Venezuela earthquakes live updates: At least 920 dead and 3,360 injured as rescuers race to find survivors 19%
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6/25/2026, 6:51:27 AM
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At least 920 people have been killed and 3,360 injured following powerful back-to-back earthquakes that rocked Venezuela, officials said on Friday.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said the coastal state of La Guaira, north of the capital Caracas, had been hardest hit by the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck on Wednesday evening.
"We are going to rescue the people who are trapped.
We are working tirelessly on this task," Rodríguez said.
The number of fatalities is expected to climb, with rescuers continuing to pick their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings across northern Venezuela.
The U.S.
Geological Survey said the death toll would most likely run into the thousands, with a substantial probability of it exceeding 10,000.
A website created to track missing people listed more than 50,000 people as missing.
These figures have not been confirmed by officials.
The country's Maiquetía "Simón Bolívar" International Airport was closed due to damage, which made aid efforts more challenging.
U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered assistance from the United States.
"We have a whole-of-government response.
It'll be big; it'll be fast; and it'll be effective," he said.
In a social media post, President Trump said the U.S. was "ready, willing and able to help."
The effects of the devastating earthquakes are likely to be especially severe in the country, which has been wracked by financial and political crises in recent years.
Rescue personnel from Spain's Emergency Military Unit arrive in Venezuela to provide assistance.Reuters / REUTERSMore foreign rescue teams and aid are due to arrive on Friday to help with efforts across regions in northern Venezuela impacted by the earthquakes.
The first teams, including those from countries that have opposed Venezuela during decades of international isolation, political repression and economic deterioration, began arriving late on Thursday.
A small contingent from the Dominican Republic was the first to reach La Guaira, on Venezuela's north coast.
The U.N. humanitarian affairs body said 25 international teams had been mobilized with 1,000 personnel in total.
"The coming days will require a massive collective effort to support the government-led response and help communities," said aid chief Tom Fletcher.
Mexico has sent 250 rescuers, El Salvador 188 and Spain nearly 100.
A Colombian air force plane carrying 63 rescue crew was on its way on Friday morning.
Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands, with some 65 rescue workers and eight dogs, are also on the way, bringing sound equipment and specialized gear.
The U.S. said it is mobilizing $150 million in aid, while other countries like Colombia, Switzerland and El Salvador are also sending equipment and supplies, Reuters reported.
U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would send rescue teams and the Pentagon would help support Caracas's damaged airport.
Delcy Rodriguez, acting president of Venezuela, thanked countries for their support on Friday morning and said foreign teams were distributed among different areas.
An eyewitness describing the "chaos" in Caracas after the twin earthquakes recalled "massive thunder sounds" and a scramble to shelter as shaking that "felt like about 30 seconds" sent debris crashing down.British citizen Dan Baker described ‘chaos’ in Caracas after twin earthquakes, recalling ‘massive thunder sounds,’ screams and a scramble to shelter as shaking that ‘felt like about 30 seconds’ sent debris crashing down https://t.co/30umE2EQWG pic.twitter.com/6QyMZkb4Fa— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2026 Speaking to Reuters, British citizen Dan Baker said he was at his local gym when he felt the earthquake.
He said: "The local people there were screaming for God to save us.
When it finished we all ran outside as quickly as possible and we got outside, and parts of the building had fallen off the edge of the building.”
While there was structural damage, Baker said, it was "nothing anywhere near as bad" as the area where he lives, Los Palos Grandes in east Caracas.
"I saw three tower blocks that completely collapsed, and one of them had came down over a three-lane highway," he said.
While there was "chaos on the streets," the British national said "it was also nice to see people come together."
"People from the building were collecting things to take to the building that collapsed nearby," he said.
"Venezuelans are such nice, kind people, and you really see that in moments like this."
A collapsed building in the Los Palos Grandes neighborhood.
Edilzon Gamez via Getty Images
Some emergency disaster experts refer to the first 48 or 72 hours after a disaster as a "golden window" to find survivors — a period when they are most likely to survive without food or water.
However, other researchers maintain that there should be no rigid upper limit on how long people can survive, particularly when they may have been trapped in rubble caused by earthquakes, such as those in Venezuela.
They say there is often "a wide variety in survival 'time to rescue'" and that the majority of documented rescues take place within the first five or six days.
However, even this data should be treated with caution, due to a lack of detailed, consistent reporting that often accompanies the chaotic scenes in the aftermath of a disaster.
In northern Venezuela, Herculean efforts are underway to find as many survivors as possible, with volunteers from Grey Bull Rescue, a donor-funded organization headquartered in Tampa, joining locals in a race against time.
Bryan Stern, the chairman of the volunteer service that has operated in Haiti, Syria and Lebanon, told Reuters that, while it wanted to find trapped American citizens, "we save lives, no matter who."
Stern said his team specializes in filling gaps in the critical early phase of disaster response by moving to areas that have not yet been searched.
"The way we do it is literally we get on the ground, and we look for places that haven't been searched yet," he said.
"When there are teams of people digging in a particular place, we get out of the way … we'll go digging other places."
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