# Last night’s back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela have killed at least 164 people, with close to a thousand injured. In the capital of Caracas, rescuers are searching through the rubble and people have been heard calling for help. Acting president Delcy Rodríguez earlier declared a state of emergency. She says there had been 30 aftershocks. The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900. The US Geological Survey says thousands of people could have been killed.
Venezuelan earthquakes kill at least 164 as rescuers search collapsed buildings