Amid diminishing hope, a preliminary assessment via satellite data says the two earthquakes likely damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings
2-MIN READ2-MINdpaPublished: 9:24pm, 30 Jun 2026Updated: 9:25pm, 30 Jun 2026Almost a week after two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, survivors were still being found alive by rescuers that have come from abroad to help.
Salvadorean rescuers reached a 44-year-old man trapped under the rubble of a shopping centre in the coastal city of Maiquetía in the early hours of Tuesday, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele wrote on the platform X.
The man had been supplied with water through a tube while rescuers found a way to reach him safely.
Workers from the Ecuadorian capital Quito’s fire brigade, which was also deployed in the disaster area, reported on Monday that they had rescued a 12-year-old boy.
“Five days after the earthquake, signs of life are the greatest motivation to keep going,” read a post on the platform X.
“As long as there is still a chance, we will keep searching.”
