Jamaine Punzalan

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17833888853151783388882006.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p>A collapsed building is seen in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, some 40 km northeast of Caracas, on June 25, 2026, following twin earthquakes. The death toll from twin quakes, measured at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, has risen to at least 188, with more than 1,520 others injured, top lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez reported, while residents continue searching for missing relatives. Federico Parra, AFP</p><div><br/></div><p>The death toll from Venezuela&#x27;s twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, with more than 16,700 injured in the disaster, according to updated official figures released on Monday.</p><p>The massive June 24 earthquakes flattened entire neighborhoods in La Guaira state north of the capital Caracas, and thousands are still reported missing.</p><p>The government said 16,740 people were injured in the powerful back-to-back shocks and that over 17,000 were left homeless.</p><p>The government has not given a figure for those still missing under mountains of rubble, but the UN estimates that as many as 50,000 people may still be unaccounted for.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/4/families-demand-help-with-recovering-venezuela-s-quake-victims-1100">Families demand help with recovering Venezuela&#x27;s quake victims </a></div><p>Many of the survivors are living in temporary camps on the street, in public parks or car parks.</p><p>As focus shifts from rescuing survivors to burying the dead and clearing the debris, international rescue teams have begun leaving Venezuela.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/2/hope-fades-hunger-sets-in-a-week-after-venezuela-quakes-0131">Hope fades, hunger sets in a week after Venezuela quakes </a></div><p>Families meanwhile continue to search for their dead in the hope of giving them a dignified burial.</p><p>On Sunday, authorities began burying dozens of unidentified victims in a mass grave.</p><p>A line of simple white crosses with small bouquets at their foot marked a long row of individual graves in La Esperanza cemetery in La Guaira.</p><p>Each one had the same date of death: June 24, 2026.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/3/venezuelan-man-rescued-alive-8-days-after-powerful-quakes-0919">Venezuelan man rescued alive 8 days after powerful quakes </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/pageants-beauty-queens/2026/7/2/miss-grand-international-mourns-death-of-beauty-queen-after-venezuela-earthquake-1208">Miss Grand International mourns death of beauty queen after Venezuela earthquake </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/6/25/mothers-search-men-weep-amid-debris-of-venezuela-quakes-1132">Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes </a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yxUrZwCXLa4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dDvbr0J64dQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dDvbr0J64dQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, with more than 16,700 injured in the disaster, according to updated official figures released on Monday.</p>

The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, with more than 16,700 injured in the disaster, according to updated official figures released on Monday.

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Death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes rises to 3,535

Agence France-Presse

Published July 07, 2026 09:53 AM PHT

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