Nearly one month after two powerful back-to-back earthquakes shook Venezuela, local authorities announced on Friday evening that the confirmed death toll from the disaster has climbed to 5,069. The interim government led by President Delcy Rodriguez shared in an official statement that the number of injured people has remained steady at 16,740, a figure that has not changed for 11 consecutive days.
The ongoing upward adjustment of the death toll comes as rescue teams and cleanup crews continue their work sifting through collapsed structures across affected regions. The coastal state of La Guaira, located along the Caribbean coast and the hardest-hit area by the seismic event, has been the primary focus of recovery operations. As of Friday, seismologists have recorded a total of 1,331 aftershocks following the initial two major quakes, which registered magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 respectively when they struck on June 24.
Official damage assessments released by the Venezuelan government show that 856 buildings across the country have sustained damage, with 190 structures fully collapsing. In addition to residential and public buildings, hundreds of critical infrastructure assets including bridges and major roadways have also suffered extensive damage that complicates recovery and access to hard-hit communities.
Local authorities confirm that the humanitarian situation across affected regions remains critical, and emergency response teams are continuing their full-scale efforts to locate remaining victims trapped in rubble and begin preliminary repairs to damaged infrastructure to support long-term recovery. In the hardest-hit La Guaira region, community and religious leaders have also joined recovery efforts, supporting families searching for the remains of their loved ones amid the wreckage of fallen residential buildings.