Photos: See Venezuela destruction after earthquakes
A man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.
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Search and rescue crews are pulling survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minutes apart last night.
The earthquakes were Venezuela’s largest in over a century.
The epicenter was west of Caracas, but the destruction stretched across one of the country’s most densely populated regions.
Officials say at least 164 people are dead as rescue crews continue searching thorugh collapsed buildings. Acting President Delcy Rodriguez has declared a state of emergency, urging people to remain alert for aftershocks.
People react near a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas.
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People search through the rubble around a car trapped beneath the collapsed remains of a residential building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas.
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People walk past a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 25, 2026.
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People search for survivors while others try to salvage belongings in a collapsed building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, some 30km north-west of Caracas.
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Residents look at a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.
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A view shows the interior of a heavily damaged apartment building following an earthquake.
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Patients lie outside a hospital evacuated after it was damaged in an earthquake in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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A man looks out from a damaged apartment building following an earthquake.
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A firefighter rescues a dog from a building that collapsed after an earthquake.
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Damaged buildings stand a day after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela.
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Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
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Delcy Rodriguez has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
The fact that search and rescue crews are pulling survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minutes apart last night really puts things into perspective.
Reading that a man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026 — hard to argue with the logic there.
Still waiting to hear what Delcy Rodriguez actually plans to do about it.
Basically officials say at least 164 people are dead as rescue crews continue searching thorugh collapsed buildings. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Considering officials say at least 164 people are dead as rescue crews continue searching thorugh collapsed buildings, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Reading that people react near a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas — hard to argue with the logic there.
Still waiting to hear what Federico Parra actually plans to do about it.
When you look at people react near a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, the implications are hard to ignore.
Think about it: the epicenter was west of Caracas, but the destruction stretched across one of the country’s most densely populated regions. That speaks volumes.
In other words search and rescue crews are pulling survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minutes apart last night. Curious to see how this develops.
The detail about officials say at least 164 people are dead as rescue crews continue searching thorugh collapsed buildings is something people should sit with.
If people react near a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
On one hand the epicenter was west of Caracas, but the destruction stretched across one of the country’s most densely populated regions. But at the same time officials say at least 164 people are dead as rescue crews continue searching thorugh collapsed buildings.
When you look at search and rescue crews are pulling survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minutes apart last night, the implications are hard to ignore.