About 58,870 buildings damaged in Venezuela earthquake, NASA data shows

Reuters. NASA's preliminary radar imagery offers an early view of damage from Venezuela's June 24 earthquakes. Using Sentinel-1 coherence-change analysis, researchers estimated that about 58,870 buildings were likely damaged or destroyed, with impacts concentrated along the central coast and Caracas corridor. 

The data compares post-event satellite passes from June 24 and 25 with pre-earthquake imagery from the previous year. However, NASA said it is a preliminary, rapid assessment. It reflects abrupt surface change consistent with damage. It has not been validated against field validated or compared to optical annotations of damage, and should be read as an indicator, not a verified building-by-building census.

The government of acting President Delcy Rodriguez says at least 1,750 people have died and thousands have been injured as a result of the earthquakes. About 16,000 people were left homeless.

A website promoted by the country's political opposition puts the number of people still missing at around 43,000.