{"id":69047,"date":"2026-07-05T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=69047"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:27:58","slug":"venezuela-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-3342","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/venezuela-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-3342\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 3,342"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The death toll from the double earthquake that struck Venezuela has risen to 3,342, with more than 16,700 people injured, according to updated figures released by the Venezuelan government. Hundreds of additional deaths were confirmed over the past day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DabOtSry4C8\/\">latest official update<\/a>, dated Sunday, listed 3,342 deaths and 16,740 injuries, up from 2,954 deaths and 16,592 injuries on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said 6,462 people have been rescued since the earthquakes struck west of Caracas, near Montalb\u00e1n, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of homeless people also rose, with officials listing 17,345 people without housing, up from 16,309 on Saturday. The government said 86,794 families have been assisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuelan officials also reported 995 aftershocks, up from 942 a day earlier. The government said nearly 30,000 personnel remain deployed, along with more than 27,000 volunteers and 4,088 international rescuers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official number of damaged and collapsed buildings did not change from Saturday. The government has listed 856 affected buildings, including 190 that collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A preliminary satellite assessment by NASA previously estimated that 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed. La Guaira state, north of Caracas, has been among the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Death toll in Venezuela earthquakes rises to 3,342<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eikhpR2e0I\">pic.twitter.com\/eikhpR2e0I<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BNO News Live (@BNODesk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNODesk\/status\/2073874626489295309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll from the double earthquake that struck Venezuela has risen to 3,342, with more than 16,700 people injured, according to updated figures released by the Venezuelan government. Hundreds of additional deaths were confirmed over the past day. 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