Venezuela earthquake before-and-after photos show 'catastrophic' destruction
Posted on: Jun 25, 2026 21:07 IST | Posted by: Cbc
As rescuers look for survivors, photos ar starting time to undulate in that present the scale of destruction after Venezuela was hit by back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday afternoon.
Two strong earthquakes — one a magnitude of 7.2 and the other 7.5 — struck north central Venezuela a minute apart on Wednesday afternoon. The quakes caused several buildings to collapse in the capital, Caracas, with emergency crews racing to rescue people from the rubble.
LIVE: Search for survivors underway after Venezuela hit by back-to-back earthquakes
So far, at least 164 people are confirmed dead. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the death toll could range from 10,000 to 100,000. Damage was particularly bad in the coastal region of La Guaira, north of Caracas.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney called the earthquakes "catastrophic."
The beachfront retreat located on Avenida La Playa had 106 rooms, according to travel website Trivago. It also had a large restaurant.
A note posted to the hotel's Instagram page on Thursday said rescue teams were urgently needed.
Above is a composite image of Residencias Rita Sol Palace, an apartment building in Caraballeda, Venezuela.
Caraballeda is a town on the central coast of the Caribbean Sea. Residencias Rita Sol Palace has apartments listed on several booking sites, such as VRBO, for rooms close to the beach.
The photo above shows another building in La Guaira that appears to have completely collapsed after Wednesday's earthquakes.
The seven-storey building was directly across the main street from Playa Ali Baba, and beside the Litoral Palacios Hotel, which appears to still be standing. The collapsed building, seen in a photo taken by a Reuters photographer on Wednesday, is just rubble.
You can also see that the red structure previously at street level is now raised on top of the wreckage.
Officials in Venezuela have said dozens of buildings collapsed in the area.
Damage could also be seen in Valencia, Venezuela's third-largest city.
Photos show cracks running through the Basílica Catedral de Valencia. In an Instagram post on Thursday, the parish priest Joel de Jesús Núñez Flautes wrote that both towers of the cathedral are fractured and the cathedral and parish office will be closed until further notice.
"Let's keep Venezuela in our prayers," Flautes wrote in Spanish.
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