M 4.8 in Fiji on 21 Dec 2024 01:17 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 1458706
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 612.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.0307 , -178.1487
Event Date: 21 Dec 2024 01:17 UTC
21 Dec 2024 13:17 Local
Exposed Population:
5 thousand in MMI I
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2024 01:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000p0ip 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

Vanuatu earthquake death toll rises to 14 12/21/2024 10:40:00 PM.

AFP. This screengrab taken from handout video footage posted on the Facebook account of Michael Thompson on December 17, 2024, shows a member of security inspecting a collapsed building in Vanuatu''s capital Port Vila after a powerful earth
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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - Fiji: New Zealand on Saturday, Dec 21, .. 12/21/2024 9:06:00 PM.

Seismic station: Raoul, Kermadec Islands (RAO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 625 km / 389 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves ar
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WFP flies critical supplies and personnel to earthquake hit Vanuatu 12/21/2024 2:13:00 PM.

SUVA, FIJI A 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 devastating 7.3 magnitude ea
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Fiji Airways to resume service to Vanuatu from Sunday 12/21/2024 6:39:00 AM.

Fiji Airways will start flying to Vanuatu from tomorrow and has scheduled two flights to the recent earthquake hit country. The first flight departs at 11:30am on a Boeing 737 and at 2:30pm, an ATR72 plane will be used for the second servic
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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),