Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez offered his support to Venezuela on Thursday with foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares adding that Spain was ready to supply any emergency aid required after two earthquakes struck the country on Wednesday.
“Spain and myself offer our full support to the Venezuelan people following tonight’s devastating earthquakes,” Sanchez posted on X. “Our thoughts are with the victims and their families”.
GFZ updated its website on Thursday to report the second of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday. There was no new 7.43 magnitude earthquake.
China will do what it can to assist Venezuela, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
There have been no Chinese casualties or injuries reported so far, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing.