Funvisis reported two earthquakes in Zulia on 12 November 2026, with the second tremor coming just 20 minutes after the first. The first struck at 14:07 HLV with a magnitude of 2.6 and a depth of 19.1 kilometers. The second followed at 14:27 HLV, stronger at 2.9 and much shallower at 5.0 kilometers.
The timing matters because the two quakes were close enough to read as part of the same afternoon burst of seismic activity, even if the reports do not spell out a formal sequence. Their epicenters placed the first event 45 kilometers southeast of Machiques and 47 kilometers southeast of Villa del Rosario, while the second was located 57 kilometers southwest of Machiques and about 78 kilometers northwest of Encontrados. That spread put nearby areas under immediate attention as people and infrastructure were checked for effects.
By the time the reports were public, no damage to infrastructure had been reported in Zulia, and no people affected had been reported either. That makes the stronger second quake the sharper concern: a shallower tremor with a higher magnitude arrived soon after the first, yet the initial assessment still pointed to no confirmed harm. The reports were tied to Funvisis seismic data and a post from SomosFunvisis, which said regional authorities and citizen prevention agencies began preventive monitoring after the activity was detected.
What remains unresolved is not whether the earth moved twice, but how widely it was felt. The reports do not say whether residents in Machiques, Villa del Rosario or Encontrados noticed the shaking, and they do not say whether the second event changed the level of monitoring beyond the first response. For now, the official picture is simple: two quakes, close together, stronger the second time, and no confirmed damage or injuries in Zulia.
