{"id":656794,"date":"2026-06-25T03:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656794\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:01:11","slug":"strong-earthquakes-hit-venezuela-as-buildings-collapse-in-caracas-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656794\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquakes hit Venezuela as buildings collapse in Caracas &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extent of damage from twin seismic events isn&#8217;t yet clearpublished at 01:07 BST<\/p>\n<p>01:07 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/94033029-152a-4aec-85e7-dde90284c7c3.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Will Grant<br \/>North America correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The US geological survey reports that an initial 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the state of Carabobo, some 20km from the capital, Caracas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was immediately followed by another main shock, which was registered at 7.5 magnitude. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The twin seismic events caused building to sway and residents to take to the streets in fear. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Videos posted to social media show some buildings have been cracked, badly damaged or collapsed and thousands of residents remain too worried about aftershocks to return to their apartments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The country\u2019s interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, confirmed on state television that some buildings had collapsed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The tremor was felt as far away as the Colombian capital, Bogota. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The extent of the damage still isn\u2019t completely clear as the Venezuelan authorities continue to assess the worst affected areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Extent of damage from twin seismic events isn&#8217;t yet clearpublished at 01:07 BST 01:07 BST Will GrantNorth America&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-656794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}