The death toll from the two earthquakes that struck Venezuela in late June has risen to 4,490, while nearly 20,000 survivors are living in temporary shelters under critical conditions. Although the official number of injured remains at 16,740, the number of families receiving assistance increased sharply over the weekend, rising to 120,794. According to an official report shared online on Sunday by National Assembly Speaker Jorge Rodríguez, there are now 108 temporary camps housing 19,583 survivors.
The figures show that 14 new displacement sites have been established and around 1,000 additional survivors have been registered since the previous report. Most of the camps are located in Caracas, Miranda and La Guaira, the region hardest hit by the earthquakes. Rodríguez, however, defended the Venezuelan government’s decision not to release an estimate of the number of people still missing.
“We cannot operate based on speculation; we have to operate based on reality,” he told reporters in Caracas on Sunday. The lawmaker rejected accusations that the authorities are withholding information, saying they are only releasing confirmed death toll figures because those are the “only” certainty at this stage. According to the unofficial website Desaparecidos Terremoto Venezuela (Venezuela Earthquake Missing People), nearly 30,000 people reported missing by their families have yet to make contact, while more than 14,000 people previously listed as missing on the site have since been found.
Atención: pic.twitter.com/J0DcHsldyV— Jorge Rodríguez (@jorgerpsuv) July 12, 2026 The official report shared by González also showed the number of people rescued remains unchanged at 6,462, while nearly 18,000 survivors have been left homeless. At least 856 buildings were damaged by the quakes, including 190 that collapsed. Since June 24, authorities have recorded 1,222 aftershocks.
Rescue teams, including volunteers and international aid workers, continue searching for possible survivors and recovering victims’ bodies from the rubble. Critical conditions “It is clear at displacement sites that, particularly after two weeks, people are turning up because they haven’t been able to access their other treatments,” United Nations relief chief Tom Fletcher said in an interview with The Associated Press (AP) during a visit to Venezuela. “So, they’re not turning up with just the fractures n…
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