update<\/a>, released Tuesday, listed 4,734 deaths, an increase of 173 from Monday. The earthquakes also injured 16,740 people, while 6,462 were rescued.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOfficials said 33,652 patients have been treated, an increase of 567 from Monday. A total of 128,324 families have received assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 1,275 aftershocks have been recorded, an increase of 21 from Monday\u2019s update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The earthquakes struck near Montalb\u00e1n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disaster is the 12th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century, surpassing the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia\u2019s Sulawesi island in September 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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