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State of emergency declared as two major earthquakes strike Venezuela

State of emergency declared as two major earthquakes strike Venezuela
France 24 Thursday 25 June 2026, 08:34 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people and injuring 700 after dozens of buildings collapsed ​into piles of shattered concrete and steel in and around the capital Caracas. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people and injuring 700 after dozens of buildings collapsed ​into piles of shattered concrete and steel in and around the capital Caracas. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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