Death toll from Venezuela double earthquake rises to nearly 4,600

The death toll from the double earthquake that struck Venezuela has risen to nearly 4,600, according to updated figures released by the Venezuelan government.

The government’s latest official update, released Monday, listed 4,561 deaths, an increase of 71 from Sunday. The earthquakes also injured 16,740 people, while 6,462 were rescued.

Officials said 33,085 patients have been treated, an increase of 684 from Sunday. The number of families that have received assistance rose by 7,530 to 128,324.

At least 1,254 aftershocks have been recorded, an increase of 32 from Sunday’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.