Earthquake in Venezuela

On 24 June 2026, a rare and powerful seismic doublet struck north-central Venezuela, with two major earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 occurring just 39 seconds apart near the Caribbean coast west of Caracas.

The event caused widespread damage across densely populated areas, including building collapses, disruption to critical infrastructure, and significant humanitarian impacts. The strongest earthquake to affect Venezuela in more than a century, the disaster prompted large-scale emergency response operations and international assistance efforts.

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Buildings footprints digitized for OSM in La Guiara, Venezuela using pre-event imagery - Download full product
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Type of event: Earthquake
Location of event: Venezuela
Date of Charter Activation: 2026-06-25
Time of Charter Activation: 13:01
Time zone of Charter Activation: UTC+02:00
Charter Requestor: UNITAR on behalf of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Activation ID: 1036
Project Management: Dafherlym Briceño (ABAE)
Value Adding: Carlos Zerpa (ABAE),
ICube SERTIT,
Enmanuel Duque (ABAE),
Julian Llanto (CONIDA),
Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional,
Secretaria Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil,
Copernicus EMS,
Marcos Rodrigues (INPE),
Verónica Matilde Montenegro (CONAE),
Lucas Mikosz (Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional,
Secretaria Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil),
Manuel Aguiar (ABAE),
Belkis Ekici (AFAD),
Jorge Armando Alpala Aguilar (Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD)),
Rapid Mapping Service SERTIT (ICube SERTIT),
Ani Shtylla (Space42),
Vincent Markiet (Space42),
Antonio Afonso Cordeiro Junior (SEDEC Secretaria Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil),
ABAE,
Javier Freites (ABAE),
Jesús Camacho (ABAE ),
Karine Leal (INPE),
TII/TACTICA,
Alexander Ariza (UNOOSA / UN-SPIDER),
victor Navarro (ABAE),
Arnelle Isaac (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)),
Mosaleh Azarkashb (StarView Srl),
Priyom Roy (NRSC)