A strong tremor shook again Caracas and the neighbor La Guaira On Monday morning, shortly after 07:00 local time (11:00 GMT), AFP journalists confirmed, almost five days after the double earthquake whose provisional toll is already around 1,500 dead.
It is the most intense earthquake reported since Wednesday, when the two earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 occurred in less than two minutes. “It felt pretty bad,” Isamel Díaz, a resident of La Guaira, told AFP.
According to him United States Geological Survey (USGS), The epicenter of this Monday’s earthquake of magnitude 4.6 was recorded 27 kilometers north of Caraballeda, a favorite resort of Caracas residents.
This new The tremor occurs when Venezuelan and foreign rescuers work against the clock to try to rescue people alive from under the rubble.
The authorities avoid talking about missing people, but according to UN figures there would be about 50,000 missing.
In La Guaira the destruction spreads with buildings destroyed or loaded in one direction or another and with emergency services working day and night.
The Venezuelan government has reported that 774 buildings have collapsed and 189 have completely collapsed.
