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Photos: See Venezuela destruction after earthquakes

NPR | By John Otis
Published June 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM EDT
A man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.
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A man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.

Search and rescue crews are pulling survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minute apart last night.

The earthquakes were Venezuela's largest in over a century.

The epicenters were west of Caracas, but the destruction stretched across one of the country's most densely populated regions.

The death toll is rising as rescue crews race to find survivors in collapsed or damaged buildings. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency, urging people to remain alert for aftershocks.

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People react near a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas.
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People react near a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas.
People search through the rubble around a car trapped beneath the collapsed remains of a residential building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas.
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People search through the rubble around a car trapped beneath the collapsed remains of a residential building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas.
People walk past a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 25, 2026.
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People walk past a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 25, 2026.
People search for survivors while others try to salvage belongings in a collapsed building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, some 30km north-west of Caracas.
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People search for survivors while others try to salvage belongings in a collapsed building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, some 30km north-west of Caracas.
Residents look at a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.
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Residents look at a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.
A view shows the interior of a heavily damaged apartment building following an earthquake.
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A view shows the interior of a heavily damaged apartment building following an earthquake.
Patients lie outside a hospital evacuated after it was damaged in an earthquake in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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Patients lie outside a hospital evacuated after it was damaged in an earthquake in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
A man looks out from a damaged apartment building following an earthquake.
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A man looks out from a damaged apartment building following an earthquake.
A firefighter rescues a dog from a building that collapsed after an earthquake.
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A firefighter rescues a dog from a building that collapsed after an earthquake.
Damaged buildings stand a day after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela.
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Damaged buildings stand a day after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela.
Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
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Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
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