NEW YORK (VINnews) — Israel is mulling the possibility of sending a humanitarian aid delegation to Venezuela after 2 powerful earthquakes struck the country, killing at least 32 people and injuring hundreds as widespread destruction was reported across Caracas and surrounding areas.

Edificio Oasis, Playa grande
La Guaira, Venezuela
Totalmente colapsado !
Tremendo como se oyen los gritos!! pic.twitter.com/pY8pSy2SPr

— Alerta Mundial (@TuiteroSismico) June 25, 2026

El reconocido Hotel Edward de la Guaira se derrumbo por completo.

Familiares de los Beisbolista Gorkys Hernández y Eliézer Alfonzo entre otros, perdieron la vida.

Del edificio no quedó nada… #Venezuela #Terremoto #Caracas #LaGuaira pic.twitter.com/2rNRhJtLp4

— Hacking white_hat (@anonymous_hat2) June 25, 2026

Footage from the city showed emergency workers climbing through the ruins of a collapsed building in the capital as night fell, and desperate relatives searching for help.

U.S. President Donald Trump said the earthquakes had left “a staggering number of deaths” and stressed that they were “of massive scale.” He said, “The U.S. is ready and able to help. I have instructed all our government agencies to prepare to move quickly. The initial reports are not good. We will be there for our new friends.”

Many Venezuelans were at home when the earthquakes struck during a public holiday marking a military victory in 1821 that helped secure the country’s independence from Spain. “As soon as it started, we began hearing people screaming,” said Astrid Ramirez, a 41-year-old publicist from western Caracas. “Everyone was running down the stairs.”
Residents across the capital, which was also hit by a deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 1967, rushed to evacuate as buildings shook.

“There was a very loud noise. Things fell in the house, pitchers inside the fridge. I have never experienced anything like it,” said Coro Martinez, 56, who lives in eastern Caracas.

Maria Romero, an 80-year-old pensioner from southern Caracas, said police helped her leave her home: “This earthquake was terrible, even worse than the one in 1967.”

Another resident said she received an earthquake alert on her phone just before the shaking intensified. Manuel Guevara Barro, who lives on the ninth floor of a building in the Los Palos Grandes district, told CNN that the earthquakes in Caracas on Wednesday were “terrible” and unlike anything he had experienced in the city before. “I have never seen anything like it,” he said. “I lived through the 1967 earthquake in Caracas, which also had many victims, but it was nothing like what we are experiencing today.”

He said the shaking was so strong he could not hold onto anything. “I couldn’t even walk because of the intensity of the movement,” he said, adding that when he thought things had calmed down, he tried to escape down the stairs. The corridors were dark due to a power outage and water was flowing from broken pipes. He fled with his neighbors. “People were crying, having nervous breakdowns,” he said. “It was truly terrifying.”

Shortly after the powerful earthquakes, the U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and warned of dangerous waves in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. The warning was lifted about an hour later. The U.S. also said it was in contact with Venezuelan authorities and was mobilizing assistance.

A senior U.S. State Department official said the department had activated a disaster response task force to coordinate aid. “In cooperation with our partners in the Venezuelan interim government, the U.S. will send search and rescue teams, medical and humanitarian supplies, and other resources in the critical first days following this tragic natural disaster,” he added. The U.S. Embassy in Caracas reported that all American personnel were accounted for.