Venezuelan Residents Witness Twin Earthquake Shock, Many Report Near-Death Experience

When the ground beneath Venezuela fractured violently on Wednesday evening, Verónica feared her Caracas apartment’s walls would crush her.

“I thought I was going to die,” she told BBC Mundo.

She was at home celebrating a national holiday with her mother when two seismic shocks struck the city almost simultaneously around 18:00 local time (22:00 GMT). The first quake registered a magnitude of 7.2, followed seconds later by a 7.5 tremor.

So far, more than 30 people have lost their lives and hundreds have been injured, but authorities say the full extent of the damage in the hardest-hit areas has yet to be assessed.

Debris littered the streets of Caracas as rescuers sift through the rubble of collapsed buildings in pursuit of survivors. In some footage, hear‑distressed pleas of those trapped.

Elsewhere in Venezuela, the scale of damage remains unfolding as power cuts and internet outages compound the chaos.

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