Torrential rainfall on October 12, 2025, caused severe flooding and a collapse at the Cuatro Esquinas de Caratal gold-mining site in El Callao municipality, Bolívar State, eastern Venezuela. At least 14 miners died after water inundated three vertical shafts, while two others escaped unharmed. Recovery operations were coordinated by the Operational Zones for Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (ZOEDAN) in Bolívar State.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit northern Venezuela at 03:51 UTC on September 25 (23:51 local time on September 24), 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 14 km (8.8 miles). This is the second strong earthquake to hit this area after M6.2 at 22:21 UTC on September 24.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit northern Venezuela at 22:21 UTC (18:21 local time) on September 25, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 8 km (5 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The USGS issued a Yellow alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses.
Heavy rainfall on the night of August 17–18, 2025, caused flash flooding in Caracas, Venezuela, leaving one person dead on the old road to El Junquito.
A large landslide triggered by intense rainfall buried at least 18 homes in the communities of La Valeria and La Laguna, Fernández Feo municipality, Táchira state, Venezuela, between July 10 and 11, 2025. 295 families were affected across the region, with authorities declaring a geological and humanitarian emergency.
Heavy rainfall associated with tropical waves 8 and 9 caused severe floods and landslides across western Venezuela on June 24, 2025, displacing over 4 700 people and prompting a national emergency declaration. The states of Mérida, Trujillo, and Táchira were among the most affected.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit near the coast of Venezuela at 03:58 UTC on June 23, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 87.4 km (54.3 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 98 km (60 miles).
A large landslide triggered by heavy rainfall hit Alberto Adriani municipality in the state of Mérida, Venezuela on February 8, 2023, leaving at least 2 people dead.
Very heavy rains caused by a low pressure area over the Caribbean Sea hit the mountainous coastal region of the state of La Guaira, Venezuela on October 28, 2022, causing destructive flash flooding.
A massive landslide hit the town of Las Tejerías, Venezuela on October 9, 2022, leaving at least 30 people dead and 54 others missing. The town is loaded 87 km (54 miles) SW of Caracas. This is one of Venezuela’s biggest landslides in decades.
