Thousands dead/injured and 46,000 missing after 7.5 earthquake and 7.2 foreshock hit Venezuela on 6/24/2026

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At least 164 people have been killed and 971 injured after Venezuela’s most powerful earthquake in more than a century, according to the country’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez. The 7.5 magnitude quake struck 39 seconds after a 7.2 magnitude foreshock.

A resident who survived a quake that hit Caracas in 1967 said the disaster was unlike anything he had experienced. Another resident who escaped a damaged building said “the scene was like a horror movie.”

It comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is deep in a political and financial crisis.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/weath...o-rico-tsunami

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Weird, I got my first ever earthquake alert on my phone yesterday! Not for this one, but apparently parts of Cali had one.

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At least 235 people were killed and some 4,300 injured by a pair of powerful earthquakes that rocked Venezuela Wednesday evening, officials said Thursday.

The toll was likely to keep rising as rescuers continued searching collapsed buildings and emergency crews raced to access devastated areas.

The U.S. Geological Survey predictive modeling indicated the quakes could have killed thousands of people, with a 42% chance of at least 10,000 fatalities, though that is based on historical averages and does not take into account many factors specific to this event.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...age-la-guaira/

A website created to track missing people and shared by opposition leaders from the politically polarized nation listed more than 49,600 people as unaccounted for.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...ng-2026-06-26/

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Here is the website mentioned above that is tracking those who are missing.

https://desaparecidosterremotovenezuela.com/

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At least 46,000 people are still reported missing after the earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 laid wreaked havoc in northern Venezuela, particularly La Guaira, the hardest hit state.

More than 1,450 have been confirmed dead so far but here are fears the final toll will be significantly higher.

A missing persons website has been set up to keep track of reports of Venezuelans not seen since the earthquake. As of Monday afternoon 15,426 have been located but there has been no contact from 46,019 more.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b3005157.html