Earthquake — Venezuela: Northern Venezuela

When

24 Jun 2026

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.5

Where

Venezuela

Coordinates

10.51° N, 68.50° W

Deaths

6509

Injuries

16740

Damage musd

19600

Depth km

10

M7.2 and M7.5 doublet earthquake

On 24 June 2026, doublet large strike-slip earthquakes affected northwestern and central Venezuela. The epicenter of the first earthquake was in Veroes Municipality, west of San Felipe, the capital city of Yaracuy. This earthquake, which measured Mw 7.2, occurred at 18:04 VET and was classified as a foreshock.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Two consecutive earthquakes with magnitudes of , and shake western Venezuela”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2026 Venezuela depremleri: Venezuela'nın batı kesimini vuran ve sırasıyla 7,2 Mw ve 7,5 Mw büyüklüklerinde gerçekleşen iki şiddetli deprem sonucunda en az…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben in Venezuela mit mindestens 6500 Toten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение в Венесуэле”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dos terremotos de 7,1 y 7,2 grados sacuden al oeste de Venezuela”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزالان عنيفان يضربان شمال غرب فنزويلا ووسطها موديان بحياة ما يزيد عن ثلاثة آلاف وسبعمائة شخص وإصابة ما يزيد عن 16 ألف آخرين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “委内瑞拉發生两次地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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