M 5.5 in Vanuatu on 17 Dec 2024 18:17 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 1458211
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000227-VUT
Depth: 55.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.6858 , 168.1655
Event Date: 17 Dec 2024 18:17 UTC
18 Dec 2024 05:17 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2024 18:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nzln Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off Vanuatu 12/21/2024 4:59:00 PM.

Sydney, Dec 21 (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu early Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, just days after a deadly 7.3-magnitude quake buffeted the island. The USGS said the epicentre of the l
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Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Coral Sea, 31 km west of Port Vila, .. 12/21/2024 4:32:00 PM.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake near Port Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The ea
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),