The La Guaira and Venezuela earthquakes

Venezuela sits on an active tectonic boundary: the June 2026 disaster does not mean the planet has entered an exceptional seismic phase, but it is an extraordinary local and national crisis with cascading hazards that may last for years.

Seismic history, the instrumental sequence of 2026, regional context, volcanism, aquifers, karst terrain, the technical causes of building collapse, search and rescue, reconstruction and self-protection. A living document: casualty, aftershock and damage figures are provisional and are always cited with their date and source.

Code: SSRC-TER-LG-01Version 2.2 · expanded and illustrated edition
Blocks: 1141 chapters and annexes, complete content
Data cut-off: 08.08.2026Provisional data under review
Event: Mw 7.2 + 7.524 June 2026 · earthquake doublet

Author: José Antonio Amador Pérez (Mackoy) · SS&RC Management
Audience: Informed public and security and emergency professionals
Status: Living document · complete content

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Ciudad costera de La Guaira comprimida entre el mar Caribe y las laderas abruptas de la Cordillera de la Costa, con cicatrices de deslizamiento en las pendientes. — Illustrative image · editorial recreation of the La Guaira coastal corridor: a narrow urban strip, steep slopes and access routes vulnerable to landslides. It does not document any specific place or date. Evidence level: illustrative.

In memoriam · La Guaira, 24 June 2026

Our condolences to the victims of La Guaira and Venezuela

Before any instrumental data, this report opens with an acknowledgement of the people. The earthquake doublet of 24 June 2026 left thousands dead, tens of thousands injured, families without housing and entire communities without services. Every figure in this document corresponds to specific lives, homes, schools and neighbourhoods.

Security, Safety and Risk Control extends its condolences and solidarity to the families of the victims, to the missing and to those still seeking answers. Our recognition goes to the rescue teams, health workers, firefighters, civil protection staff, volunteers and neighbours who worked — and are still working — in extreme conditions.

We stand in particular with Mr Juan José, director of IFPO Spain, a native of La Guaira, who has lost several family members in this disaster. His grief is also ours. This report is published with his memory present and with the professional commitment he represents: turning pain into useful knowledge so that the next tremor does not cost the same again.

Researching with rigour, publishing with transparency and remembering with dignity are, for us, three forms of respect.

José Antonio Amador Pérez · SS&RC Management and Deputy Director of IFPO Spain, on behalf of the whole team.

White candles and white flowers arranged on dark stone in memory of the victims. — Commemorative image. No photographs of victims or identifiable affected people are published, in line with SS&RC editorial policy.

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