Thirty days have passed since the two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitudestruck northern Venezuela just 39 seconds apart on the night of 24 June. What was described at the time as a rare seismic phenomenon**,** a seismic doublet, has turned into one of the worst natural disasters the country has experienced in more than a century.
A month on, the figures continue to evolve, although at a much slower pace than in the first few days, and there are still gaps the government has yet to fill. The most recent official toll, released last Friday by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, puts the death toll at 5,546 and the number of injured at 16,740.
