Rescue efforts are still ongoing for the earthquake in Venezuela, with nearly all government officials in the state of La Guaira perishing.

On the 2nd local time, the acting president of Venezuela, Rodriguez, held a press conference one week after the earthquake. Rodriguez stated that the earthquake in Venezuela had caused 189 buildings to completely collapse, and rescue efforts are still ongoing. Rodriguez said that Venezuela immediately deployed emergency systems after the earthquake occurred. Officials from the government and city hall of the heavily affected area, La Guaira state, were almost all killed, and there were also a large number of casualties among the state's military and police forces.