Venezuela earthquakes damaged or destroyed over 58,000 buildings according to satellite data
Satellite maps show about 58,870 buildings likely damaged or destroyed, helping officials direct rescue and aid efforts.
- Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on June 24, the strongest to hit the South American nation in over a century, killing approximately 1,700 people and damaging more than 58,000 buildings.
- Following the disaster, the Copernicus satellite system activated emergency mapping at the request of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations to assess damage across affected regions.
- Researchers Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University estimate approximately 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed using high-resolution radar imagery from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellite.
- National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez reported on Monday that 855 buildings have been damaged, including 189 total collapses, reflecting ground-level assessments of the disaster's local impact.
- NASA activated its Disaster Response Coordination System to assist rescue efforts, "providing key insights for emergency managers and scientists," according to the agency, helping officials identify landing areas for humanitarian aid delivery.
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In Venezuela, there are nearly 2,000 deaths after the double earthquake that struck the country. Through satellite images, the US Space Agency NASA estimates that more than 58,870 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. In this context, many images hijacked or created by IA circulate on the networks. Online for buzzing, they sometimes seek to monetize the audience of the accounts that broadcast them.
A preliminary assessment by NASA based on satellite imagery estimates that 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed by the two earthquakes that shook northern Venezuela last week.Sisms, of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, are the strongest recorded in the country in more than a century.At least 1,700 people died and tens of thousands are still missing, while international rescue teams continue to work in the rubble five days after the disaster.
In Venezuela, a new miracle five days after the country's most powerful earthquake: a three-year-old child was released alive from the rubble on the evening of Monday, June 29, causing immense emotion. In addition, 58,000 buildings were destroyed or damaged, it was learned. Air images of the Nasa show the magnitude of the damage, a stark foreword.
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