An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 shook a northern area in Venezuela on Monday, the same area devastated by the double earthquake last Wednesday that has already caused at least 1,450 deaths and 3,150 injuries, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The tremor, which forced numerous people to once again leave their homes, had a depth of 10 kilometers and its epicenter is located 27 kilometers north of the town of Caraballeda in La Guaira, one of the cities most affected by the two earthquakes on June 24.
The Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (Funvisis) reported a magnitude of 4.2.
Double earthquake
Emergency brigades with rescue dogs were lifting mountains of debris this Monday in search of survivors from the double earthquake that occurred four days ago in Venezuela, which completely destroyed almost 200 buildings and left at least 1,450 dead and tens of thousands missing. Among the dead are 17 Spaniards, and 138 are still missing.
The hope of finding people alive under nearly 800 collapsed buildings - 189 of them completely - diminishes after the double earthquake that shook this country on Wednesday at 18:06 local time, a country immersed in a deep political and economic crisis.
The UN estimates that the earthquakes could leave nearly seven million affected and material damages of 6.7 billion dollars, 6% of the GDP of the oil-rich country.
Argentinian footballer Lucas Trejo loses his wife and two children in the earthquakes
The wife and two children of Argentinian footballer Lucas Trejo died in the two earthquakes that shook Venezuela, announced his team this Sunday.
The player, who plays for Club Sport Marítimo La Guaira, a second division team in Venezuela, searched for his wife Yanina and his children Aaron and Ainhoa for three days among the rubble before rescue teams found their bodies, as reported by US media.
IAE volunteers locate earthquake victims in 10 areas of La Guaira
The eleven volunteers from the NGO Intervention, Aid, and Emergencies (IAE) based in Algemesí (Valencia) who have traveled to La Guaira (Venezuela) have located and marked bodies of the deceased under the rubble for subsequent rescue, as reported by Efe.
According to this non-governmental organization, no survivors have been found so far.
The operation leaders have assigned these professionals ten search areas where professional rescuers had not yet worked under the standards of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAGG).