Strong 7.1 Earthquake Hits Caracas and Northern Venezuela
For the moment there is no official information of victims. Photo: Reuters.
June 24, 2026 Hour: 7:14 pm
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A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck Caracas and northern Venezuela this Wednesday afternoon, leading to widespread preventive evacuations and a tsunami alert for the region.
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Caracas and northern Venezuela on June 24, prompting immediate evacuations and triggering a regional tsunami warning across the southern Caribbean, with no casualties officially reported.
The severe earthquake in Venezuela occurred at exactly 6:05 P.M. local Venezuelan time, shaking the nation’s capital and several northern urban centers with high intensity.
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According to official geological monitoring authorities across the region, the massive energy release from the fault line was so intense that the physical movements propagated across international borders, being clearly felt by populations in neighboring Colombia, as well as the islands of Curaçao, Aruba and the wider Dutch Caribbean territory.
In Caracas, the intense physical vibration caused widespread alarm, prompting hundreds of citizens to rapidly evacuate residential complexes, commercial towers and public buildings to minimize physical risks from falling structural elements and to guard against the imminent threat of potential aftershocks.
Furthermore, technical data released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) indicated a highly unusual seismic sequence. The international scientific organization registered two separate 7.1 magnitude earthquakes in the region.
The initial event was located approximately 21 kilometers west of the municipality of Moron, positioned about 100 kilometers west of Caracas. Shortly after this first event, the USGS recorded another massive tremor of identical 7.1 magnitude, this time with its epicenter situated 28 kilometers northwest of the municipality of Montalban, also located approximately 100 kilometers west of the capital city.
Preventive Tsunami Alert
As a result of the significant energy displacement caused by these twin seismic shocks in the southern Caribbean basin, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center took immediate action by activating a preventive tsunami warning for the coastlines of Venezuela and adjacent insular territories.
The last similar earthquake occurred in 2018, with a magnitude of 7.3 in the state of Sucre and affected at least ten countries in the region, including Brazil, Guyana and several Caribbean islands.
State emergency response teams are currently assessing the structural integrity of key infrastructure across Caracas and northern coastal states.
Author: Laura V. Mor
Source: teleSUR
