Death Toll From Pair of Venezuelan Earthquakes Exceeds 5,000

The death toll from two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said.

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Venezuelan authorities announced Friday that two consecutive earthquakes have claimed at least 5,069 lives, representing a sharp increase in the confirmed death count as search-and-rescue teams work to assess the full extent of damage across affected regions.

The twin seismic events have triggered large-scale humanitarian and disaster response operations across Venezuela, with emergency crews mobilizing to recover additional victims and provide assistance to thousands left homeless by the catastrophic tremors.

The government has withheld information about the earthquakes’ magnitudes, epicenters, and exact occurrence dates, leaving many details about the sequence of events during the referenced timeframe unconfirmed.

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