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Venezuela Quake Disaster Tops 5,000 Deaths As 50,000 Remain Missing
Venezuela Quake Disaster Tops 5,000 Deaths As 50,000 Remain Missing
Venezuela's official death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck the country on June 24 has surpassed 5,000 and could climb much higher.
New footage of the June 24th earthquake in La Guaira shows multiple buildings collapsing #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/hq1ywikhpA
— CNW (@ConflictsW) July 11, 2026
The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes struck within seconds of each other, devastating Chávez-era socialist housing projects in La Guaira and reducing buildings to rubble.
As the Spanish daily newspaper ABC recently reported, "The explanation given by engineers...
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