On the afternoon of 24 June, Venezuela was struck by a major natural disaster: two earthquakes occurring very close together in location, time (39 seconds apart) and intensity, both over magnitude 7 on the Richter scale. This phenomenon is known as a seismic doublet and dramatically magnifies the damage caused.
At the time of publication of this article, the death toll is approaching one thousand and more than 50,000 people are missing. However, the images we show you below speak for themselves.
