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At least 188 people have been killed and 1,520 injured in Venezuela after powerful back-to-back earthquakes rocked the country, according to a Thursday afternoon update provided by National ******* embly President Jorge Rodríguez.
More than 200 people remain trapped under collapsed or damaged buildings after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 100 miles west of the capital, Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The USGS said the death toll would most likely run into the thousands, with a substantial probability of it exceeding 10,000. The state of La Guaira, which is believed to be the area hardest hit and which Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodríguez described as a "disaster zone."
More than 200 people remain trapped under collapsed or damaged buildings after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 100 miles west of the capital, Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The USGS said the death toll would most likely run into the thousands, with a substantial probability of it exceeding 10,000. The state of La Guaira, which is believed to be the area hardest hit and which Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodríguez described as a "disaster zone."
