Several earthquakes They shook regions of Venezuela and Colombia Between the afternoon and night of this Wednesday and the morning of today, without at the moment it has been informed about possible victims and significant damage.
Telluric movements had their epicenter in the Zulia and Trujillo states, in the Venezuelan west, and shook other states such as Táchira, Mérida, Lara, Barinas, Portuguese and the capital Caracas. In Colombia they felt mainly in the Northeast and the Caribbean region, although there are also reports of perceptibility in other areas of the country, including Bogotá.
The magnitudes and depth of the tremors vary according to the sources, but in any case it is a succession of perceptible earthquakes, some with relevant values.
Among the most important are one at 6:22 pm (local time of Venezuela), whose magnitude It was established in 5.4 degrees by the Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Research (Funvisis) and in 6.1 for the geological services of Colombia and the United States.
This was followed by a group of earthquakes with magnitudes between 5 and 3 degrees, until the occurrence of another important earthquake at 11:51 pm (local time of Venezuela), which the Venezuelan entity set at 6.0 and the Colombian – with reference to her American counterpart – in 6.3 and with a “superficial” depth.
#SISSCOLOMBIASGC International Seismic Event-Updated Bulletin 1, 2025-09-24, 22:51 local time. Magnitude 6.3, superficial depth, Mene Grande, Venezuela #NOTICAEndesarrollo #Shaking #Sism More information: https://t.co/H4VVP0556L pic.twitter.com/vonojGH0C
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In the last hours they have continued reporting perceptible movements, including one of 5.8 degrees and also superficial depth, according to the Geological Service of Colombia.
Preliminary effects and deployment of forces
The earthquakes generated alarm in the affected locations and regions, where some people took to the streets after those events.
However, Venezuela’s authorities have not reported victims or damage of relevance, although they confirmed the deployment of forces to deal with the emergency caused by the seismic swarm, reported Telesur.
The Venezuelan vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, reported in the early hours of Thursday, that there were 10 earthquakes and about twenty aftershocks, a fact attributed to the activation of a tectonic fault of the West.
For this reason, he called Venezuelans to be attentive and comply with established protocols.
So far, damage to infrastructure of the Zulia state is reported, including hospitals, churches and bridges. Among the damaged buildings is the Santa Barbara Church, Maracaibo, and the General Hospital of the South, in that city itself.
In addition, interruptions in the electrical service were also recorded, while maintaining the monitoring of the situation and the evaluation of the effects so far.
