2026年6月26日 / 美国东部时间上午5:48 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
委内瑞拉拉瓜伊拉—— 周三晚间接连发生强震，造成逾230人死亡、数千人受伤，周四委内瑞拉北部多座城市的民众自发互助，在废墟中挖掘搜救亲人。
委内瑞拉卫生部长卡洛斯·阿尔瓦拉多对国家媒体表示，周四晚间官方公布的死亡人数已升至约235人，受伤人数至少达4300人。目前仍有数千人失踪，紧张的搜救工作仍在持续，伤亡人数预计还会上升。
周三晚间发生的7.2级和7.5级地震是一个多世纪以来委内瑞拉遭遇的最强地震之一，整个地区都有震感。
人们查看委内瑞拉拉瓜伊拉州卡蒂亚拉马尔地震后受损的房屋，2026年6月25日。费德里科·帕拉/法新社/盖蒂图片社
救援人员将满身尘土和血迹的伤者救出，其中包括儿童和宠物。委内瑞拉国家电视台播放了惊心动魄的救援画面，包括一名女子被困在水泥板下，仅露出一只赤脚，最终救援人员将其成功救出。但最初在加拉加斯以外地区几乎看不到政府搜救队的身影。
首都加拉加斯以北的拉瓜伊拉沿海地区遭受了最严重的破坏和人员伤亡。该国主要机场位于该地区，因受损而关闭，给救援工作带来了阻碍。
周四上午，许多民众看到建筑物沦为骨架、家具从窗户悬垂、直升机在空中盘旋，无不感到震惊。大量建筑被夷为平地，街道出现裂缝。
一些家庭张贴着亲人照片的寻人启事，另一些人则分享手写的名单展开搜寻。由于委内瑞拉国内通讯中断，身在国外的委内瑞拉人难以与亲属取得联系。
在加拉加斯市中心，数百人整夜挤在公园、停车场和其他开阔地带避难。
居民们坐在随身物品旁，在卡蒂亚拉马尔的街道上避难，2026年6月25日。费德里科·帕拉/法新社/盖蒂图片社
三个孩子的母亲达亚娜·德尔加多质问政府官员承诺提供的重型机械设备在哪里，她说目前都是居民自己在坍塌的建筑中挖掘。
“我想知道我的孩子在哪里，他是被困住了还是在避难所里，”她这样说起自己失踪的8岁儿子。
一名母亲在自己3岁和10岁的孩子的遗体被毯子包裹抬走时，悲痛欲绝瘫倒在地。其他人则哭喊着失踪亲人的名字。还有一些人默默站在原地，陷入震惊之中。
委内瑞拉当局表示，他们正将其他地区的救援队调往拉瓜伊拉。该地区并非首次遭遇自然灾害：1999年的泥石流造成数千人死亡，被认为是该国最严重的自然灾害之一。
在拉瓜伊拉，克里斯蒂安·卡雷尼奥望着自己被烧毁、摇摇欲坠倾斜向一侧的公寓楼。
“我失去了一切，”他说，“我想还有人被困在里面，没能逃出来。这场灾难太可怕了。”
人们骑着摩托车经过一栋严重受损的公寓楼，该楼外立面在地震中被撕开，摄于委内瑞拉拉瓜伊拉州卡蒂亚拉马尔，2026年6月25日。胡安·巴雷托/法新社/盖蒂图片社
退休教师胡安·阿尔贝托·门达尼奥在拉瓜伊拉的废墟中穿行，经过一具尸体时，发现一名被困女子正挥手求救。
“愿上帝尽快救她出来，”门达尼奥说，“当我们听到她的呼救时，我们却无能为力。”
媒体报道了废墟中涌现的暖心时刻：在加拉加斯圣贝尔纳多区，一名年轻男子被担架抬出，围观群众鼓掌欢呼，他泪流满面的母亲喊道：“莱安德罗，我爱你。”
委内瑞拉国家电视台播放了一名满身尘土的女孩在救援人员帮助下从废墟中走出的画面，她用一件深色卫衣裹住自己。加拉加斯都市救援队队长何塞·路易斯·努涅斯表示，这名女孩是在拉瓜伊拉一栋10层楼高的建筑中被发现的，该建筑坍塌后被压成了“薄饼状”。
“我们想赞扬这名女孩的坚强、毅力和求生欲，”努涅斯说道。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者克里斯蒂安·贝纳维德斯周四采访了24岁的网络游戏玩家加布里埃拉·苏亚雷斯，周三晚间地震发生时，她正在加拉加斯的家中进行直播。她的镜头记录下了整个房间开始晃动时她的震惊反应。
“震动越来越强烈，”她回忆道，“我能感觉到，我能感觉到地面在移动。”
她说，她的线上和线下社群都在团结起来，尽力为委内瑞拉当地的救援工作提供支持。而在地震发生前，数百万委内瑞拉人就已经面临经济不稳定，难以持续获得电力和清洁水等资源。
“我们经历了能想象到的所有困境，但我们仍在努力挺过去，”她说，“显然，我们现在需要帮助，这无疑是一次求救呼吁。”
这场自然灾害是代理总统德尔西·罗德里格斯面临的最新挑战。这位前副总统于今年1月就职，此前时任总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗被美国抓捕并罢免。委内瑞拉十多年来一直面临经济混乱，许多民众不认可罗德里格斯所代表的政治运动的合法性。
罗德里格斯在周三晚间向全国发表的讲话中宣布进入紧急状态。她表示，政府将设立2亿美元的重建基金，用于修复受损的医院和住宅。
她周四呼吁企业提供重型建筑设备用于救援行动。
“我们希望尽可能多地救出还活着的人，”罗德里格斯说道。
尽管委内瑞拉位于多条断层带附近，地处南美板块和加勒比板块交界处，但强地震的发生频率远低于拉丁美洲其他地区。
美国地质调查局表示，两次地震的震中都位于加勒比海岸的莫龙附近，距离加拉加斯以西约105英里。
巴西地质调查局的地球物理学家、研究员马科斯·费雷拉表示，两次接连发生的地震加上浅源地震活动，加剧了破坏程度。
“这就好比我在尖叫，然后另一个人也开始尖叫，这会放大震动，增加潜在的危险，”费雷拉说道。
一名男子查看委内瑞拉拉瓜伊拉州卡蒂亚拉马尔地震后坍塌的公寓楼，2026年6月25日。费德里科·帕拉/法新社/盖蒂图片社
在委内瑞拉的联合国官员呼吁政府解除社交媒体限制，以便民众能够获取可能挽救生命的信息后不久，委内瑞拉国内民众终于可以访问X平台。马杜罗自2024年8月起封锁了该平台，目的是压制那些否认其在7月总统选举中获胜的人之间的信息交流。
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥在地震后与罗德里格斯进行了通话，他表示美国将立即提供援助。
“我们采取了全政府响应机制，援助规模将很大、行动将很快、效果将很好，”卢比奥说道，同时承认加拉加斯附近的委内瑞拉主要机场关闭造成了后勤挑战。他表示，美国的援助工作将由五角大楼牵头，因为国防部有能力进入被隔绝的地区。
委内瑞拉国家电视台播放了周五早些时候智利救援人员和援助物资抵达阿拉瓜州一处军事基地的画面，与此同时，一支由80名专家和8只搜救犬组成的瑞士救援队也带着救援物资抵达。土耳其宣布将于周五派出两趟航班，运送军事、医疗和救援人员以及两只搜救犬。卡塔尔、巴西、西班牙、葡萄牙和加拿大等国领导人也承诺提供援助。
萨尔瓦多和多米尼加共和国的救援队已于周四抵达委内瑞拉，墨西哥也派出了救援人员和物资援助。
“没有哪个国家能单独做好应对所需的救援准备，这就是邻国该发挥作用的时候，”多米尼加空军少校卡洛斯·奥利瓦雷斯说道。
委内瑞拉侨民也伸出了援手。在厄瓜多尔，费利克斯·罗德里格斯表示，他的店铺收到了委内瑞拉同胞和厄瓜多尔民众的捐款。
“我的商店随时准备好满足委内瑞拉的任何需求，”他说道。
加比·格雷厄姆说，她通常会通过点对点支付的方式，从华盛顿州斯波坎给委内瑞拉的家人寄钱，由当地商家将现金交给家人。但地震发生后，她无法联系到这位商家老板，无法为家人寄去食物、水、药品和洗漱用品。
“我想他们这些年的日子一直不好过，现在情况更糟了，因为现在连这些东西都找不到了，”格雷厄姆说道。
Venezuela earthquakes leave misery and desperation in their wake as race to find survivors continues
June 26, 2026 / 5:48 AM EDT / CBS/AP
La Guaira, Venezuela— In cities across northern Venezuela, neighbors helped each other dig through rubble to search for loved ones on Thursday after powerful back-to-back earthquakes that officials say killed more than 230 people and left thousands injured the night before.
The official death toll rose to around 235 late Thursday, with at least 4,300 people injured, Venezuela Health Minister Carlos Alvarado told state media. The number of casualties is expected to climb with thousands reported missing and frantic rescue efforts continuing.
The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck Wednesday evening were among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century and was felt throughout the region.
People inspect a damaged home following earthquakes in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. Federico PARRA/AFP/Getty
The injured were pulled out covered in dust and blood, among them children and animals. Venezuelan state TV showed dramatic images of rescues, including a woman who was trapped under a cement slab with only a bare foot poking out before rescuers slid her out alive. But few government search teams were initially seen outside Caracas.
The coastal region of La Guaira, north of the capital Caracas, suffered some of the heaviest damage and casualties. The country’s main airport is there and was closed due to damage, complicating aid efforts.
Many were stunned Thursday morning as they saw buildings reduced to skeletons, furniture hanging out of windows and helicopters circling overhead. Buildings were flattened and streets cracked open.
Families posted missing-person flyers with photos of loved ones while others shared handwritten lists of names as they searched. Venezuelans abroad struggled to make contact with relatives due to interrupted phone service in the country.
In downtown Caracas, hundreds spent the night huddled in parks, parking lots and other open spaces.
Residents sit beside belongings as they take shelter on a street following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, June 25, 2026. Federico PARRA/AFP/Getty
Mother of three Dayana Delgado asked where the heavy machinery was that government officials had promised and said residents were the ones digging through crumpled buildings.
“I want to know where my child is, if he’s trapped or in a shelter,” she said of her missing 8-year-old son.
One mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away. Others screamed the names of the missing. Some stood in silent shock.
Venezuelan authorities said they were diverting rescue teams from other parts of the country to La Guaira, which is no stranger to natural disasters: A 1999 mudslide killed thousands and is considered one of the country’s worst natural disasters.
In La Guaira, Cristian Carreño stared at his charred apartment building tilting precariously to one side.
“I lost everything,” he said. “There are people still inside, I imagine, that couldn’t get out. It’s incredibly devastating.”
People ride a motorcycle past a heavily damaged apartment building with its facade torn open following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. Juan BARRETO/AFP/Getty
Retired schoolteacher Juan Alberto Mendaño climbed through wreckage in La Guaira and past a dead body when he spotted a woman who was trapped and signaling with her hand for help.
“May God rescue her as quickly as possible,” Mendaño said. “When we heard the scream, there was nothing we could do.”
Media reports have shared notable moments of hope among the destruction, including a young man brought out on a stretcher in the San Bernardino district of Caracas to the applause of onlookers as his tearful mother said, “Leandro, I love you.”
Venezuelan public television broadcast video of a girl covered in dust and wrapping herself in a dark sweatshirt as she emerged from rubble with the help of rescuers. Caracas metropolitan rescue team head José Luis Núñez said she was found in a 10-story building in La Guaira that collapsed and flattened “like a pancake.”
“We want to highlight this girl’s strength, determination and will to live,” Núñez said.
CBS News’ Cristian Benavides spoke Thursday with Gabriella Suarez, a 24-year-old online gamer who was streaming live from her home in Caracas when the quakes struck on Wednesday evening.Her camera captured her shock as the whole room started shaking.
“It started getting harder and harder,” she recalled. “I could feel like, I could feel the ground moving.”
She said her communities — both online and in person — were rallying to try to support rescue efforts on the ground in Venezuela, where millions of people were already facing economic instability and lacked consistent access to resources like power and clean water before the earthquakes.
“We’ve been through every single thing I can imagine, and we’re still trying to pull through,” she said. “Obviously, what we feel is that we need help, and this is definitely a call for help.”
The natural disaster is the latest challenge for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, the former vice president who took office in January after the capture and removal from power of then-President Nicolás Maduro by the United States. Venezuela has been facing economic disarray for more than a decade and many people reject the legitimacy of the political movement Rodríguez represents.
Rodríguez declared a state of emergency in an address to the nation late Wednesday. She said the government was creating a $200 million reconstruction fund for damaged hospitals and homes.
She appealed to businesses Thursday to make heavy construction equipment available for rescue operations.
“We hope to rescue as many living people as possible,” Rodríguez said.
While Venezuela sits near multiple fault lines, its position straddling the South American and Caribbean plates makes strong earthquakes much less common than in other parts of Latin America.
The U.S. Geological Survey said both earthquakes were centered near Moron on the Caribbean coast, about 105 miles west of Caracas.
The one-two punch of the quakes, combined with the shallow seismic movements, amplified the destruction, said Marcos Ferreira, a geophysicist and researcher at the Geological Survey of Brazil.
“It is as if I am screaming and then someone starts screaming, too. That amplifies the vibration and adds to the potential hazard,” Ferreira said.
A man inspects a collapsed apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. Federico PARRA/AFP/Getty
Shortly after United Nations officials in Venezuela called on the government to lift social media restrictions so people can get potentially life-saving information, Venezuelans in the country were able to access X. The site had been blocked by Maduro since August 2024 in an attempt to suppress the exchange of information among those who rejected his claim of victory in the July presidential election.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who spoke to Rodríguez following the quake, said the United States was immediately deploying assistance.
“We have a whole-of-government response. It’ll be big; it’ll be fast; and it’ll be effective,” Rubio said, while acknowledging the closure of Venezuela’s main airport near Caracas created logistical challenges. He said the U.S. aid efforts would be led by the Pentagon, as the Defense Department has the ability to access cut off areas.
Venezuelan public television showed the arrival of rescue workers and aid from Chile at a military base in Aragua state early Friday, while a team of 80 specialists and eight search dogs from Switzerland also arrived with aid supplies. Turkey announced two flights will leave Istanbul on Friday with military, medical and rescue personnel and a pair of search dogs. Leaders from Qatar, Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Canada also vowed to send assistance.
Rescue teams from El Salvador and the Dominican Republic arrived in Venezuela on Thursday, along with rescuers and material aid from Mexico.
“No country is prepared to provide the response that’s needed. That’s what neighboring countries are there for,” Dominican Air Force Major Carlos Olivares said.
The Venezuelan diaspora also was helping. In Ecuador, Félix Rodríguez said his store was receiving donations from his fellow Venezuelans as well as Ecuadorians.
“My business is always ready for whatever Venezuela needs,” he said.
Gabby Graham said she regularly sends money from Spokane, Washington, to Venezuela using a peer-to-peer payment to a local business that gives cash to her family. But since the earthquakes they can’t locate the business owner and she is unable to share funds for food, water, medication and toiletries.
“I think it hasn’t been easy for them for years. Just now it’s just even worse because it’s about finding these things,” Graham said.