Since the moment two violent earthquakes tore apart the tranquility of many cities in Venezuela on Wednesday evening, Venezuelans have been living in difficult circumstances, between displacement, loss, and the search for their stranded loved ones, amid estimates that the death toll may exceed 10,000 people, according to the latest warnings from the US Geological Survey.
The Venezuelan authorities announced on Friday that the death toll had risen to 235 dead and 4,300 injured, while efforts continued to search for survivors under the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of the two earthquakes.
Thousands were reported missing from the 7.2 and 7.5 Richter scale earthquakes, among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century, and were felt across the region.
Below are some pictures from search and rescue operations in several cities affected by the disaster:
Residents help rescue teams search for victims in the San Bernardino neighborhood of the capital, Caracas (Getty)Rescue teams in some disaster-hit areas in Venezuela lack the necessary equipment to rescue living stranded people and recover bodies (French)Citizens in a city in northern Venezuela search for missing persons amid the rubble of a building destroyed by the violent earthquake (Getty)A woman waits for news of a family member believed to be trapped under rubble in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026 (Reuters)Volunteers help a man found amid the rubble in the town of Caraballeda, La Guaira state, about 40 kilometers northeast of Caracas (French)Rescue workers carry an injured person on a makeshift stretcher across the massive rubble of a building that collapsed as a result of the two earthquakes in the city of Los Corrales, La Guaira state, northwest of Caracas (French)A family is crying, one of its members died after the collapse of a residential building in the city of Catia la Mar, La Guaira state, northwest of Caracas (French)Neighbors help a man evacuate his earthquake-damaged home in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026 (Associated Press)Citizens search with rescue teams for survivors of their relatives amid the rubble of a destroyed house in La Guaira, in the north of the country (Reuters)A volunteer carries a dog rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Caraballeda, in the state of La Guaira (French)Emergency teams transport an injured person as a result of the double earthquake to a hospital in the capital, Caracas, June 25, 2026 (Reuters)The double earthquake caused thousands to flee their homes in many cities in Venezuela, and the authorities set up shelter centers in some schools (Associated Press)
