At Least 164 Killed After Twin Quakes Hit Venezuela

Venezuela races to rescue hundreds trapped in rubble after major twin earthquakes

A website set up to track missing people and shared by leaders from the country's opposition lists more than 41,000 people as unaccounted for

Thousands feared dead in Venezuela quakes

Thousands feared dead in Venezuela quakes

Thousands feared dead as devastating twin earthquakes rock Venezuela

CARACAS - The death toll from Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes has risen to at least 164, with 971 people injured, interim president Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday.

Powerful Back-to-Back Earthquakes Killed at Least 188 People in Venezuela. Here's the Science Behind the Rare 'Doublet'

On June 24, two quakes above magnitude seven struck the northern part of the country only 39 seconds apart. While doublet sequences aren't unheard of in seismology, they are uncommon—especially in such short succession

Venezuela: Thousands feared dead after major earthquakes

Two earthquakes have struck Venezuela less than a minute apart - the second was the strongest to hit the country since 1900.

Thousands feared dead in Venezuela after twin earthquakes flatten buildings

The fight to rescue the stranded, care for the living and retrieve the dead accelerated in Venezuela after back-to-back major earthquakes centered near the capital, Caracas. The damage in places appears catastrophic and the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that a disaster of this scope may have killed as many as 10,000 people. Stephanie Sy reports.