Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to nearly 4,500

The death toll from the double earthquake that struck Venezuela has risen to nearly 4,500, according to updated figures released by the Venezuelan government.

The government’s latest official update, released on Sunday, listed 4,490 deaths, an increase of 157 from Saturday. The number of injured was unchanged at 16,740.

Officials said 6,462 people were rescued after 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 government said 32,401 patients have been treated, an increase of 1,208 from Saturday. It also reported that 120,794 families have received assistance, while 17,907 people have been left homeless.

At least 1,222 aftershocks have been recorded, an increase of 20 from Saturday’s update.

The disaster is now 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 now 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.