Death toll from Venezuela double earthquake rises above 4,700

The death toll from the double earthquake that struck Venezuela has risen to more than 4,700, according to updated figures released by the Venezuelan government.

The government’s latest official update, released Tuesday, listed 4,734 deaths, an increase of 173 from Monday. The earthquakes also injured 16,740 people, while 6,462 were rescued.

Officials said 33,652 patients have been treated, an increase of 567 from Monday. A total of 128,324 families have received assistance.

At least 1,275 aftershocks have been recorded, an increase of 21 from Monday’s update.

The earthquakes struck near Montalbán on June 24 in an event the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has described as a doublet. The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 and was followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 quake.

The disaster is the 12th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century, surpassing the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in September 2018.

It ranks behind the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck central Myanmar in March 2025, killing more than 5,400 people in Myanmar and neighboring Thailand.