More than 32 people died, hundreds were injured due to the Venezuelan earthquake.

JAKARTA - Interim President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez said at least 32 people were killed and 700 others were injured in a major earthquake that hit Venezuela on Wednesday local time.

The figure is the first information that Rodriguez has provided regarding the number of earthquake victims.

Seismologists confirmed the first major earthquake of magnitude 7.2 hit near the city of San Felipe, the capital of the state of Yaracuy. About 40 seconds later, a second, larger earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred again in the southeast of the city of Yumare.

The earthquake was the largest earthquake ever to hit Venezuela and the strongest in the last 125 years.

As reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Thursday, June 25, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter was 10 kilometers deep from the ground and its point was west of the coastal area of Moron.

The earthquake was felt very strongly in the capital Caracas, causing the collapse of a number of buildings.

The USGS estimates that the number of fatalities could reach thousands, with a range of 10 thousand to 100 thousand people.

With the main goal of saving lives, President Rodriguez said local authorities are focusing on rescuing victims trapped in the ruins of buildings and destroyed houses, according to a teleSUR report.

According to the latest technical data from the USGS, the double earthquake shook the northern Venezuelan region very hard.