Overall Red Earthquake in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC

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M 7.2 in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1548473
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.2M
Glide number:	EQ-2026-000093-VEN
Depth:	20.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.436 , -68.5277
Event Date:	24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC 24 Jun 2026 18:04 Local
Exposed Population:	990 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	25 Jun 2026 11:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	2.3		0		2.3
us6000t7zc	Scaled population (raster)	6.05	Max wave alert	0.08m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.08m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.9

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Latest media headlines

Dos potentes terremotos dejan al menos 164 muertos y miles de desapare.. 6/25/2026 5:48:00 PM.

La tierra tembló el miércoles en Venezuela como no lo había hecho en más de un siglo. Dos terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7, 5 en la escala de Richter con apenas 39 segundos de diferencia y epicentro en el Estado de Yaracuy, en la zona centro-

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Terremoto in Venezuela, la fuga per le scale di un edificio di Caracas 6/25/2026 5:48:00 PM.

Un video registrato dall''interno di un palazzo mostra l''entità dei danni causati dal terremoto di mercoledì 24 giugno. Le immagini sono state catturate da un residente che era appena uscito dall''ascensore al tredicesimo piano.

Death Toll from Double Earthquake in Venezuela Rises to 164 Dead, 971 .. 6/25/2026 5:47:00 PM.

Caracas – Saba: The death toll from the violent double earthquake that struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening has risen to 164 dead and 971 injured, according to a new official tally that is expected to rise further. Venezuelan news agency r

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Dos potentes terremotos dejan al menos 164 muertos y miles de desapare.. 6/25/2026 5:45:00 PM.

La tierra tembló el miércoles en Venezuela como no lo había hecho en más de un siglo. Dos terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7, 5 en la escala de Richter con apenas 39 segundos de diferencia y epicentro en el Estado de Yaracuy, en la zona centro-

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),

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