{"id":515204,"date":"2026-07-13T14:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/more-than-4500-fatalities-following-the-double-earthquake-in-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:39:10","slug":"more-than-4500-fatalities-following-the-double-earthquake-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/more-than-4500-fatalities-following-the-double-earthquake-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 4,500 fatalities following the double earthquake in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seismic doublet recorded in Venezuela on June 24 has left <strong>4,561 people dead<\/strong>, 16,740 injured, 17,907 homeless, and 190 buildings collapsed, the president of the National Assembly of that South American country, Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, reported this Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/JorgeRodriguezPsuv\/2587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official report<\/a> released by the official, since the first day of the tragedy, 6,462 people have been rescued from the rubble, 128,324 families have been assisted, and 107 temporary camps have been set up, where 20,231 citizens are currently housed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/venezuela-anuncia-el-rescate\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"682097\">Venezuela announces the rescue of a minor five days after the earthquakes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deadly earthquakes <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the afternoon of June 24, two earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 shook Venezuela just 39 seconds apart. According to experts, this is a rare phenomenon known as a &#8216;<strong>seismic doublet<\/strong>&#8216;. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The quakes have been classified as the most powerful in Venezuela in 126 years. The two earthquakes and their aftershocks caused multiple fatalities and injuries, as well as the collapse of buildings and damage to critical infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/613449-delcy-rodriguez-agradece-rescatistas-internacionales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Numerous<\/a> countries have joined the rescue efforts, sending personnel, equipment, and humanitarian aid, such as Chile, Colombia, <a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/613797-cuba-envia-rescatistas-venezuela-ayudar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuba<\/a>, Ecuador, Spain, Switzerland, and <a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/616281-llega-venezuela-nuevo-cargamento-ayuda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seismic doublet recorded in Venezuela on June 24 has left 4,561 people dead, 16,740 injured, 17,907 homeless, and 190 buildings collapsed, the president of the National Assembly of that South American country, Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, reported this Monday. According to the official report released by the official, since the first day of the tragedy, 6,462 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":515205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[40391,110],"class_list":["post-515204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-earthquake","tag-venezuela"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2a1K","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-8-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-8-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}