M 4.8 in Vanuatu on 23 Dec 2024 00:04 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1458941
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 235.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.3757 , 167.3598
Event Date: 23 Dec 2024 00:04 UTC
23 Dec 2024 11:04 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2024 00:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000p0td Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

WFP flies critical supplies and personnel to earthquake-hit Vanuatu 12/23/2024 6:31:00 PM.

SUVA, Fifi – A World Food Programme (WFP) chartered flight landed in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on Saturday bringing humanitarian personnel and much-needed telecoms equipment and medical supplies to support the island state following a dev
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UNFPA Vanuatu Earthquake Flash Update, 18 December 2024 12/23/2024 6:00:00 PM.

Attachments On 17 December 2024, a major 7.3 earthquake magnitude struck Vanuatu at 12:47 pm local time with the epicenter 37km West of Port Vila. There are 14 confirmed deaths and 200 people are injured. However, these numbers are expected
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Thai National Dies in Vanuatu Quake, Government Offers Condolences 12/23/2024 4:42:00 PM.

BANGKOK — One Thai national has been confirmed dead and three others injured following a powerful earthquake that struck Vanuatu earlier this week, according to Thailand’s Foreign Ministry. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit approximately 30
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Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 60 km southeast of Tateyama, Chiba, Japan,.. 12/23/2024 4:34:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tateyama , a town with 50,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 60 km (37 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In t
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),