Tag: earthquake

• Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 17:37 UTC

  Venezuela's main airport reopens with temporary modules two months after the earthquake

  

  Simón Bolívar international airport, located in Maiquetía and Venezuela's principal air gateway, resumed domestic and international operations on Tuesday, two months after the double earthquake of June 24 destroyed its facilities.

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• Monday, August 24th 2026 - 21:08 UTC

  Some 25,000 people are seeking housing in Cali two weeks after Colombia's earthquake

  

  The municipal survey in Cali, Colombia's third city with more than two million inhabitants, now covers 10,000 families affected by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake of August 10 and estimates around 25,000 people have been left without adequate housing. Many have spent recent days in shelters or with relatives while searching for a rental, in a market strained by the sudden loss of supply.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2026 - 08:47 UTC

  Colombia's earthquake toll rises to 329 dead and more than 300,000 affected

  

  The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on August 10 has left 329 dead, 4,600 injured and 247 missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Management Unit's assessment as of Friday. The number of people affected stands at 314,751, from 154,014 families, across 481 municipalities in 16 of the country's 32 departments.

• Monday, August 17th 2026 - 07:45 UTC

  Rains in Caracas leave three dead and destroy tents housing earthquake survivors

  

  At least three people died in Caracas as a result of torrential rains that fell between Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday, which also caused flooding, brought down trees, cut power supplies and destroyed camps sheltering families left homeless by the double earthquake of June 24.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2026 - 00:05 UTC

  Colombia asks for supplies but not foreign rescue personnel after the earthquake

  

  Colombia's government has requested international aid in the form of supplies for those affected by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake, but has not called for foreign rescue teams, despite offers from at least six countries and multilateral bodies.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 10:51 UTC

  At least 132 dead in the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia

  

  At least 132 people were killed and 570 injured by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on Monday, according to the latest report submitted by the Colombian Association of Capital Cities at 7:00 p.m. local time. Authorities warned the figure is preliminary and that rescue work is continuing.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 10:11 UTC

  Colombia and Venezuela quakes are unconnected despite similar magnitude, experts say

  

  The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on Monday has a different tectonic origin from the earthquakes recorded in Venezuela in June, despite comparable magnitudes, said Viviana Dionisio, a seismologist with Colombia's National Seismological Network.

• Monday, August 10th 2026 - 14:29 UTC

  Colombia records its strongest earthquake in a decade, geological service says

  

  A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western and central Colombia on Monday, causing damage in several cities and affecting six airports. It is the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in the past decade, according to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC). No official casualty figures have been released so far.

• Friday, July 17th 2026 - 22:25 UTC

  Venezuela raises official death toll from June double earthquake above 5,000

  

  The official death toll from the double earthquake that struck northern Venezuela on June 24 rose on Friday to 5,069, after 139 new fatalities were added, according to the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez. The tally, released via Telegram, keeps the number of injured at 16,740 and of people left homeless at 17,907. Authorities present these figures as provisional, more than three weeks after the disaster.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

  Uruguay postpones second aid flight to Venezuela over changed entry conditions

  

  Uruguay has postponed the second shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, scheduled for Tuesday, after a change in the conditions set by Venezuelan authorities for the entry of cargo, Defense Minister Sandra Lazo said. The Air Force's KC-130H Hercules remains loaded with some 15 tons of supplies intended for victims of the June 24 twin earthquakes.