[6] In the Caracas Cathedral, located in the center of the city, a mass was being held when the earthquake occurred, as the stained glass windows of the temple suddenly exploded and the parishioners that were near, quickly escaped to Plaza Bolívar.

One of those present would remember the event with the following words: "I saw when the cross came off and was engraved on the floor like a red-hot iron burn; in that precise moment the earthquake ceased," which made many people attribute this to a divine miracle and for several days the silhouette was venerated by the faithful until, on 2 August, the authorities decided to remove the piece of concrete without giving much explanation.

[8][9] On the other hand, in one of the Cadena Venezolana TV studios, located in the Ruices sector, at the same time as a program special (that would be transmitted 1 August, when this television network's third anniversary would be celebrated) was being recorded and, at the beginning of the Venezuelan folk singer Purita Reina's concert, who was accompanied by the musical ensemble of Mario Suárez and the television station's ballet, the cloud decoration began to move, jumping from top to bottom in sharp vertical movements.

The lighting technician attracted the attention of the operators to this failure, meanwhile, the artists continued with their work until the movement of the decorations went from vertical to wavy and, when everyone present realized that an earthquake was happening, they fled in terror from the studio.

In Caraballeda, in the current Vargas state, five of the eleven floors of the "Charaima Mansion" were destroyed; a few months after they attempted to demolish the building with explosives and, where their goal was not achieved, a demolition ball had to be employed.

A week after the shock, in Caraballeda, rescue operations continued for persons believed trapped beneath the floors of Mansion Charaima, an apartment building across the street from the Macuto Sheraton (which was also damaged).