{"id":2408,"date":"2026-06-26T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:36:15","slug":"american-killed-in-venezuela-earthquakes-state-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=2408","title":{"rendered":"American killed in Venezuela earthquakes, State Department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>At least one American is believed to have been killed in the back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=2406\">Texas is poised to require millions of students to study Bible stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do know and we can confirm one report of an American that has been killed, that has lost their life after this earthquake,\u201d State Department spokesperson Mignon Houston told Scripps News. \u201cWe are working close with their family after this tragic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The person\u2019s name and hometown have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll from Wednesday\u2019s 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes is approaching 600, according to officials in Venezuela, and is expected to rise as thousands remain missing.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>&#8216;Earthquake time bomb&#8217;: Why back-to-back quakes in Venezuela aren&#8217;t uncommon<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=2404\">Former national security advisor John Bolton pleads guilty in classified documents case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to rescue the people who are trapped,\u201d acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez said Friday. \u201cWe are working tirelessly on this task.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodr\u00edguez also appealed to businesses Thursday to make heavy construction equipment available for rescue operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to rescue as many living people as possible,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said.<\/p>\n<p>While Venezuela sits near multiple fault lines, its position straddling the South American and Caribbean plates makes strong earthquakes much less common than in other parts of Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=2402\">What to know about Phoenix fireworks rules ahead of Fourth of July holiday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one American is believed to have been killed in the back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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