update<\/a>, released Thursday, listed 4,930 deaths, an increase of 101 from Wednesday. The earthquakes also injured 16,740 people, while 6,462 were rescued.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOfficials said 35,781 patients have been treated, an increase of 909 from Wednesday. A total of 128,324 families have received assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 1,308 aftershocks have been recorded, an increase of 24 from Wednesday\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. 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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