A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook an area in northern Venezuela this Monday, the same area devastated by last Wednesday’s double earthquake that already caused at least 1,450 deaths and 3,150 injuries, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). However, the Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (Funvisis) said that the magnitude was 4.2.
The tremor, which forced numerous people to leave their homes again, had a depth of 10 kilometers and its epicenter was located 27 kilometers north of the town of Caraballeda in La Guaira, one of the cities most affected by the two earthquakes of June 24.
On the fifth day after the double earthquake that shook a region in the north of the oil-producing country, a new movement startled the population, which has been reporting in recent hours more than 400 aftershocks for which prevention measures remain in force, such as the non-use of elevators or the cutting off of natural gas service in some areas, particularly Caracas, the country’s capital.
International aid and the search that does not understand borders
This Sunday, the search for survivors advanced, while the president in charge, Delcy Rodríguez, asked to maintain these efforts and announced plans to care for the people who lost their homes due to the numerous collapses.
The work of national and foreign rescuers continued, mainly, among the ruins of buildings in the coastal state of La Guaira (north, adjacent to Caracas), ground zero of the devastation caused by the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes last Wednesday and where logistics centers of the international teams are installed.
At least 138 Spaniards missing
Governments of other countries updated the figures on Sunday of their deceased compatriots, including 17 Spaniards, 7 Portuguese and 46 Portuguese descendants, of whom eight were minors, as well as three Chileans.
Among those missing are 138 Spaniards and 83 Portuguese and Portuguese descendants. Venezuelan authorities reported at least 3,150 people injured, a figure lower than the 3,238 announced on Saturday, for which there were no explanations, and 12,721 families affected. In addition, Caracas assured that 33 people have been rescued alive, without specifying since when.
