A strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
- A 4.6 magnitude aftershock struck Venezuela near Caraballeda, causing panic and prompting residents in Caracas to flee into the streets, but no new damage was reported.
- The death toll from twin earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks has risen to at least 1,700 people, with more than 5,000 injured and thousands still missing after over 770 buildings were damaged or collapsed.
- Relief efforts continue with over 2,600 rescue workers worldwide deployed, including U.S. search-and-rescue teams, and the U.S. government has pledged approximately $300 million in aid to provide emergency supplies and medical care.
- Rescue teams and volunteers persist in searching for survivors, even beyond the critical 72-hour window, while affected communities face frustrations over slow government response and outbreaks of looting.
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Two very strong earthquakes can happen on the same day, but it is much rarer for them to happen almost simultaneously and in almost the same place.
Scientists have not yet been able to explain why these events occur, but they know that they tend to last for months and that they become less and less intense.
Six days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, the rescue teams work tirelessly to rescue people alive under the rubble of the buildings collapsed during the earthquakes in the capital, Caracas, and in the coastal state of La Guaira. The disaster has already claimed the lives of 1,719 people, according to the latest official report, which collects 5,034 injured, 15,866 affected and 855 buildings affected by the tremors, of which "189 s…
According to the Venezuelan government, the number of deaths after the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 last Wednesday is currently around 1719
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