The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Venezuela has risen to 6,125, according to a weekly bulletin published on the Telegram channel of President of the country's National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez. The earthquake struck Venezuela on the evening of June 24. Two powerful tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 occurred about 40 seconds apart. Their epicenters were located about 10 km apart in Yaracuy state. The earthquake was followed by over 1,500 aftershocks.