Venezuela's information ministry puts the earthquake death toll at 3,342
The figure was a further rise after earlier counts of 188 and then 920 in the days just after the Yaracuy doublet.
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The figure was a further rise after earlier counts of 188 and then 920 in the days just after the Yaracuy doublet.
A magnitude 7.2 foreshock and a magnitude 7.5 mainshock hit northwestern Venezuela, with casualties first listed as unknown and later counted in the hundreds.