AFP25 Jun, 2026 06:20 PM4 mins to readRescue workers search across the slab of a collapsed building amid twisted rebar and debris following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30km northwest of Caracas, Venezuela. Photo / AFPDesperate Venezuelans are battling to rescue loved ones trapped alive beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings after two major earthquakes that killed at least 188 people.
Buildings cracked and crumbled and residents fled into the streets after the quakes – which the United States Geological Survey measured as magnitude 7.2
