Venezuela earthquake: Satellite images reveal high-rises reduced to rubble
Before-and-after satellite images show widespread destruction in Venezuela's coastal city of La Guaira after two powerful earthquakes.
Two powerful earthquakes, measuring magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, struck Venezuela on Wednesday night, flattening buildings, tearing apart roofs and burying streets beneath debris. Rescue teams continue to search for people trapped under the rubble.
High-resolution satellite imagery provided by US-based Earth-imaging company Vantor shows extensive structural damage in La Guaira, a coastal city north of Caracas.
In the Playa Grande neighbourhood, near Simƒón Bolvar International Airport, several high-rise apartment buildings appear to have collapsed, leaving large sections of residential blocks in ruins.
Another residential complex in La Guaira also suffered extensive damage. An image taken on May 8 shows rows of closely packed homes with dark roofs. In imagery captured after the earthquakes, several structures appear to have collapsed, while others seem to have shifted or tilted.
Before-and-after images taken 10 days apart show Playa Grande blanketed in dust. Some buildings remain standing, but others have collapsed entirely. At one intersection, a white building appears to have folded in on itself, while at least five neighbouring structures were destroyed.
Warehouse buildings in La Guaira’s industrial area also appear to have collapsed. The post-earthquake imagery shows heaps of debris and exposed steel frames where the structures once stood.
Two powerful earthquakes, measuring magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, struck Venezuela on Wednesday night, flattening buildings, tearing apart roofs and burying streets beneath debris. Rescue teams continue to search for people trapped under the rubble.
High-resolution satellite imagery provided by US-based Earth-imaging company Vantor shows extensive structural damage in La Guaira, a coastal city north of Caracas.
In the Playa Grande neighbourhood, near Simƒón Bolvar International Airport, several high-rise apartment buildings appear to have collapsed, leaving large sections of residential blocks in ruins.
Another residential complex in La Guaira also suffered extensive damage. An image taken on May 8 shows rows of closely packed homes with dark roofs. In imagery captured after the earthquakes, several structures appear to have collapsed, while others seem to have shifted or tilted.
Before-and-after images taken 10 days apart show Playa Grande blanketed in dust. Some buildings remain standing, but others have collapsed entirely. At one intersection, a white building appears to have folded in on itself, while at least five neighbouring structures were destroyed.
Warehouse buildings in La Guaira’s industrial area also appear to have collapsed. The post-earthquake imagery shows heaps of debris and exposed steel frames where the structures once stood.
