The telluric movement was felt strongly in Trujillo, Carabobo, Yaracuy, Aragua, and Miranda, but the greatest human and material damage occurred in Caracas and La Guaira. The Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (FUNVISI) stated that due to their intensity, both June 24 events surpassed the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that occurred in this nation on July 29, 1967.

Alvarado announced that the Venezuelan Red Cross will set up a field hospital to provide greater care in La Guaira, where, til Thursday, 70,000 families have been affected, and more than a hundred buildings have collapsed, Diosdado Cabello, Vice President for Policy, Citizen Security, and Peace, said.

The Executive’s top priority is to rescue survivors still trapped under the rubble, to which military rescuers from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Mexico arrived in the country last night with supplies.

Others from the United States, Qatar, Colombia, Ecuador, and other countries, along with humanitarian aid from China, Brazil, and Caribbean nations, are expected to arrive in the coming hours.

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