CARACAS: The powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week damaged or destroyed more than 58,000 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data published by US space agency NASA. Some 1,700 people were killed and thousands remain missing following the quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 — the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century.

The US Geological Survey estimated more than 10,000 deaths were possible from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes, which would place them among Latin America's deadliest of the last…

Satellite images show the before and after of parts of Venezuela left in ruins by two devastating quakes.

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez added that 189 buildings had completely collapsed

CARACAS: The powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week damaged or destroyed more than 58,000 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data…

The powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week damaged or destroyed more than 58,000 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration stressed that the damage assessments are still preliminary and are based on a visual analysis of changes on the surface

Over 58,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed in the powerful twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary satellite...

The earthquakes that hit Venezuela 6 days ago may have damaged or destroyed 58,000 buildings, NASA says, as rescuers race the clock to find survivors.

A preliminary satellite assessment by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration estimated that 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed after the twin earthquakes that…

Preliminary analysis of satellite data suggests magnitude of natural disaster could dwarf official estimates