Italian national killed in Venezuela quake, says foreign ministry

An Italian man was killed by a collapsing building in the two major earthquakes that struck Venezuela, the Italian foreign ministry said.

The man, a dual Italian and Venezuelan national born in 1970, died in the state of La Guaira north of the capital Caracas, the ministry said in a statement.

US government pledges $150 million in aid for Venezuela earthquake

The United States said it was mobilizing $150 million in aid for Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes killed at least 188 people and left hundreds injured, as rescuers from around the world raced to provide help.

The State Department said the package would include $50 million in new bilateral awards to aid groups already working in Venezuela, as well as a $100 million contribution to a UN humanitarian fund for the country.

Turkey, Venezuela discuss aid after earthquakes, source says

Turkish ​Foreign Minister ​Hakan Fidan discussed the earthquakes ​in ‌Venezuela ⁠and the ‌country’s need for aid ⁠in a call with ​his Venezuelan ‌counterpart Yvan Gil, a ​Turkish foreign ministry source said.

Fidan also ​said ​Turkey would ​continue to ​help and support Venezuela, the source said.

World Bank in talks with Venezuela authorities after earthquakes

The ⁠World ​Bank Group ​said it is in contact ​with ‌Venezuelan ⁠authorities and ‌assessing how best to support ⁠the country after two ​powerful earthquakes, ‌with thousands feared dead.

The multilateral lender ‌said it ​stood ready to work with the government and ​could provide ​assistance, including ​technical support and coordination ​with international partners responding to the disaster.

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Death toll rises to at least 188, 1,520 injured, 200 trapped, says Venezuela’s top lawmaker Rodriguez

The death toll from two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to at least 188, with more than 1,520 others injured, top lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez said Thursday.

Twin quakes, which the US Geological Survey measured at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, hit northern Venezuela within a minute of each other on Wednesday night, sending buildings collapsing and trapping many in the rubble.

Venezuelan leader travels to quake-hit coastal area

Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday visited the coastal area worst hit by twin earthquakes that left at least 164 people dead, the head of the country’s legislature said.

“She is currently in La Guaira state, attending to the tremendous disaster zone,” the president’s brother, National Assembly leader Jorge Rodriguez, said in a televised address.

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Looting in quake-hit Venezuelan coastal area, AFP reports

At least one business was looted in Venezuela’s La Guaira region, which was heavily damaged by a pair of powerful earthquakes a day earlier, AFP journalists saw.

Men and women in the town of Catia La Mar exited a partially burned supermarket carrying bags full of goods, an AFP team at the scene reported.

🎥 Venezuelans search rubble for quake survivors with thousands feared dead

Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings and rescue teams raced to the areas hardest hit by a pair of powerful earthquakes that rocked northern Venezuela, killing at least 164 people with many more feared dead.

📷 Venezuelans search rubble for survivors

Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building in Caracas on June 25, 2026. © Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Reuters

Juan Carlos Gomez, firefighter from Caracas, looks for his sister, Katiuska Hernandez, and nephew Brett Roude, amid the rubble of a building in La Guaira on June 25, 2026. © Gaby Oraa, Reuters

Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in in Caracas on June 25, 2026. © Ariana Cubillos, AP

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IMF says working with Venezuelan authorities as they assess needs after earthquakes

The International ​Monetary Fund said ​it was monitoring developments in Venezuela after two powerful ​earthquakes ‌hit ⁠the country, with thousands ‌feared dead, and would remain ⁠engaged with Venezuelan authorities as they assessed ​their needs.

IMF ‌spokeswoman Julie Kozack told reporters that ‌the global lender was not ​involved in the debt restructuring announced by Venezuela, but ​remained in ​contact with authorities ​there on the country’s macroeconomic ​outlook.

She said the IMF stood ready to assist with ⁠the debt restructuring as needed.

Pope sends 100,000 euros in aid to Venezuela

Pope Leo XIV sent “initial” emergency aid of 100,000 euros ($114,000) to earthquake-hit Venezuela, the Vatican said.

The funds will come from the Apostolic Almonry, the Vatican office responsible for the pope’s charity and aid to populations in difficulty.

It constitutes “an initial contribution” intended to support emergency relief efforts, said Vatican News, the Vatican’s official news site.

Venezuela quake response requires ‘massive collective effort’, says UN aid chief

The United Nations is “fully mobilised” to provide assistance in quake-hit Venezuela, the UN aid chief said, stressing the response would require “massive collective efforts”.

“We are fully mobilised to support the people of Venezuela,” Tom Fletcher said in a statement, adding that “the coming days will require a massive collective effort to support the Government-led response and help communities”. 

Petrochemical complex in Venezuela restarting following quake, firefighters say

Venezuela’s ​Moron Petrochemical Complex, ​the country’s second largest in operation, was restarting ​⁠after a preventive shutdown due ‌to quakes that affected ⁠the area, leaving infrastructure damages, the ​chief of firefighters ‌in that area said.

Workers from the complex ‌had been told ​not to come in while an initial assessment on ​damages was ​conducted, sources from that ​center had said earlier, ​adding that a leak from a storage tank had been ⁠detected on Wednesday.

🎥 New footage of the damage in the state of La Guaira

How powerful were the quakes?

The US Geological Survey initially said the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1, later revising that to 7.2.

Its epicenter was west of Moron on the country’s Caribbean coast, about 168 kilometers (104 miles) west of Caracas. The quake had a depth of 22 kilometers (13.6 miles).

The USGS reported an even larger 7.5-magnitude earthquake just a minute later. The second quake had a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) with an epicenter 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of Moron.

What do we know about casualties?

Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said the quake killed at least 32 people and injured at least 700, though warning that the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers reach collapsed buildings in the Caracas region and other areas hit by the quakes.

Rodriguez said casualty figures excluded the state of La Guaira, which she described as a “disaster zone” and the area hardest hit. 

People ride past a collapsed building after an earthquake, in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 24, 2026 © Maxwell Briceno, Reuters