Death toll from devastating Venezuela earthquake surpasses 2,000

Earthquake in VenezuelaDeath toll from devastating Venezuela earthquake surpasses 2,000 Speaker of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez says the number of fatalities has reached 2,295© Mikhail Makeyev/TASSCARACAS, July 1. /TASS/. The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24 has exceeded 2,000. Speaking on Venezolana de Television, Jorge Rodriguez, speaker of the National Assembly - the republic's parliament - said that the number of fatalities had reached 2,295. The earthquake struck Venezuela on the evening of June 24. Two powerful tremors measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 were recorded with a gap of 40 seconds. Their epicenters were located about 10 kilometers apart in Venezuela's Yaracuy state. 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