M 4.9 in Zimbabwe on 23 Dec 2024 03:39 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 1458970
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.654 , 28.8804
Event Date: 23 Dec 2024 03:39 UTC
23 Dec 2024 05:39 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2024 03:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.8 (Zambia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Zambia= 5.8; Zimbabwe= 5.8

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000p0u1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Grain millers assure food security amid surge in festive season demand 12/23/2024 12:26:00 PM.

Herald Correspondent. As the festive season unfolds, the grain millers are providing an ample supply of essential grain-based products to Zimbabwean households. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has confirmed that despite a c
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Strong Earthquake Strikes Near Kariba, Zimbabwe 12/23/2024 11:05:00 AM.

HARARE, Zimbabwe – A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 17 km southeast of Kariba in Mashonaland West Province early Monday, December 23, 2024, at 5:39 a.m. local time. The quake, confirmed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), occurr
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4.9-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Zimbabwe 12/23/2024 10:12:00 AM.

Harare, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Dec, 2024) A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kariba, in northern Zimbabwe,....

Kariba, Karoi hit by earth tremors 12/23/2024 8:35:00 AM.

THE resort town of Kariba was hit by an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale at 5.39 am on Monday morning. This was confirmed by Kariba residents throughout various social media groups. Earthquaketrack.com confirmed picking the ear
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),