At least 1,943 people have died and another 10,571 people were injured from a pair of powerful earthquakes that devastated Venezuela, officials said, writes ABC NEWS.

The two quakes - a 7.2 magnitude one followed just seconds later by a 7.5 - struck the coast of Venezuela, knocking down buildings in Caracas, the capital, and sending residents racing into the street.

Responders are still undertaking rescue operations, searching for people thought to be under the rubble.

A 3-year-old boy was rescued after surviving six days trapped beneath the rubble, according to a Jordanian rescue team.

Jordan`s International Search and Rescue Team spent three hours pulling Kleiber Moran from the wreckage of a collapsed house in Caracas in what officials described as an extremely difficult operation.

Kleiber received first aid at the scene before being taken to a hospital, a spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said.