30 jun 2026
More than 58,000 buildings destroyed or damaged in Venezuela quakes
More than 58,000 buildings overall were destroyed or damaged by last week’s twin earthquakes in Venezuela, according to NASA’s data, while tens of thousands are still unaccounted for nearly a week later.
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Preliminary analysis of satellite data suggests magnitude of natural disaster could dwarf official estimates More than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary analysis of satellite data that suggests the scale of the destruction could dwarf official estimates. Last Wednesday’s back-to-back quakes which measured magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 killed at least 1,943 people, injured more than 10,571, and left tens of thousands missing amid the rubble.
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‘Tonnes of rubble’: 58,000 buildings estimated destroyed in Venezuela earthquakes
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