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  "path": "/2026/06/25/thousands-feared-dead-buildings-collapse-two-powerful-earthquakes-hit-venezuela-28915965/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T05:22:54.000Z",
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    "Donald Trump",
    "Earthquakes",
    "Venezuela",
    "News Updates",
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  "textContent": "More than 20 aftershocks have since been detected (Picture: Getty)\n\nVenezuelans woke up to two back-to-back earthquakes last night as Donald Trump vowed to ‘help’.\n\nThousands were feared dead, and buildings collapsed after two powerful earthquakes hit one after another.\n\nVenezuela is prone to earthquakes because it lies between two tectonic plates,but the 7.2 magnitude quake took many by surprise.\n\nLast night’s earthquakes caused widespread building collapse as people begged for help. The quake was centred over the city of San Felipe, but the capital, Caracas, was also affected.\n\n‘The two major earthquakes that just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and have left a devastating number of deaths,’ Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.\n\n‘The U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help!’\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nAn initial estimate run by the U.S. Geological Survey found that potentially thousands of casualties are likely after the powerful earthquake.\n\nAn estimate from the USGS points to a potentially deadly quake (Picture: USGS)\n\nTrump added: ‘We will be there for our new and great friends. Early reports are not good!!!’\n\nVenezuela’s international airport has closed due to ‘significant damage’.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Thousands feared dead and buildings collapse after two powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela"
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