CARACAS: The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24 has exceeded 2,000. Speaking on Venezolana de Tel...
CARACAS: The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24 has exceeded 2,000.
Speaking on Venezolana de Television, Jorge Rodriguez, speaker of the National Assembly - the republic's parliament - said that the number of fatalities had reached 2,295.
The earthquake struck Venezuela on the evening of June 24. Two powerful tremors measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 were recorded with a gap of 40 seconds. Their epicenters were located about 10 kilometers apart in Venezuela's Yaracuy state.
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