Venezuela quake death toll passes 4,000 as scale of recovery effort looms large
- The death toll in Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes has topped 4,000, the government said on Friday.
- At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back quakes on 24 June that flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezuelan parliament chief Jorge Rodriguez wrote on Telegram.
- A 7.5-magnitude quake – the biggest in Venezuela in over a century – struck 39 seconds after a 7.2-magnitude shock, flattening entire high-rise apartment blocks.
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- The death toll in Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes has topped 4,000, the government said on Friday.
- At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back quakes on 24 June that flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezuelan parliament chief Jorge Rodriguez wrote on Telegram.
- A 7.5-magnitude quake – the biggest in Venezuela in over a century – struck 39 seconds after a 7.2-magnitude shock, flattening entire high-rise apartment blocks.
Sources: Guardian