Earthquake Today: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck northern Colombia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 157 km (98 miles), the EMSC said. Multiple videos on social media showed sirens ...

June 8 (UPI) --A 6.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Colombia on Sunday about 56 miles east of Bogota, according to the Servicio Geológico Colombiano. The SGC's database for tracking such incidents recorded the earthquake around 8:08 a.m. local time ...

Rescue teams carry a person on a stretcher out of a building that collapsed following an earthquake in Caracas on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Venezuela on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. JUAN BARRETO AFP via Getty Images

Two powerful earthquakes that struck the northern coast of Venezuela and capital Caracas on Wednesday claimed at least 188 lives, a toll that could increase as rescue teams comb the debris of collapsed buildings.

As earthquakes struck from California to Venezuela to Japan, millions of people received warnings on their mobile phones, providing critical seconds to seek protection. Venezuela was struck with a pair of deadly earthquakes Wednesday evening and Thursday morning that brought significant shaking to the northern coast of Japan.

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela’s central and coastal regions on Wednesday just 39 seconds apart, triggering scenes of panic in Caracas and other cities as preliminary

Venezuelans are still rushing to find survivors of a deadly pair of earthquakes this week. But the natural disaster follows years of economic collapse and national decline, hitting the population particularly hard.