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.

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Latest media headlines

Fiji Airways recommences commercial passenger flights to Vanuatu 12/23/2024 1:25:00 PM.

) Fiji Airways resumed commercial passenger flights to port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, on Monday after suspending operations for several days following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the nation on December 17. The resumption ma
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Fiji Airways Resumes Commercial Flights To Quake-Hit Vanuatu 12/23/2024 1:05:00 PM.

- IANS) Suva, Dec 23 (IANS) Fiji Airways restarted commercial passenger operations to port Vila, capital of Vanuatu, on Monday, after days of suspension following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu on December 17. According to Fi
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UNICEF Vanuatu Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3 (Earthquake), 23 De.. 12/23/2024 11:54:00 AM.

Highlights: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Vanuatu''s coast in the South Pacific Ocean at 12:51 PM local time on December 17, 2024, followed by numerous aftershocks of varying but strong intensities. A 6.1 magnitude aftershock was r
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Indonesia Dispatches Aid Mission to Assist Vanuatu Earthquake Victims 12/23/2024 11:46:00 AM.

(From left) Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency or BNPB Lt. Gen. TNI Suharyanto, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno, and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin in a press statement regarding the delive
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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),