Desperate Venezuelans are continuing to dig people trapped alive beneath rubble in the worst-hit state of La Guaira, north of Caracas.
The United States Geological Survey measured the earthquakes as magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, which struck within minutes of each other on Thursday.
Venezuela’s national assembly chief Jorge Rodríguez said the death toll had risen to 188, with 1,520 injured.
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