Venezuelan authorities have raised the death toll from a double earthquake to 2,295 people on Wednesday [1].

The updated figures reflect the scale of the disaster in northern Venezuela, where rescue teams continue to find victims buried under rubble a week after the initial shocks.

Jorge Rodríguez, president of the National Assembly, said the toll now includes 11,267 injured people [2]. He also said that 12,841 people have been displaced by the disaster [1]. The casualties are concentrated primarily in the coastal states of La Guaira and Caracas [3].

The disaster was caused by two separate earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 [2]. Rescue operations remain active as officials search for survivors. According to government data, 12 victims are still believed to be under the rubble, and 150 people have not yet been contacted [4].

Delcy Rodríguez, president of Venezuela, said a seven-day period of national mourning has been announced for the victims [5]. The tragedy has also had an international impact. The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 26 of the deceased were Spanish nationals [4].

While some earlier reports suggested lower casualty figures, the latest government updates provide a higher count as more bodies are recovered from the debris [1, 2]. The increase in numbers follows a week of intensive search and rescue efforts across the central coast of the country [3].

“"Al día de hoy se contabilizan 2.295 personas fallecidas, 11.267 personas heridas."”

The significant increase in the death toll a week after the event suggests that the collapse of infrastructure in densely populated coastal areas like La Guaira created complex recovery challenges. The magnitude of the quakes—reaching 7.5—indicates a high-energy seismic event that likely overwhelmed local emergency response capacities, necessitating a prolonged search operation and a formal period of national mourning to address the widespread loss of life.