2024 Vanuatu / Pacific Earthquake
Port Vila, Vanuatu — December 17, 2024
The 2024 Vanuatu earthquake struck offshore Port Vila, the capital city, causing significant damage to buildings and infrastructure. Multiple buildings collapsed in the city center. The earthquake triggered a tsunami advisory but no destructive waves were observed.
Earthquake Facts
Magnitude
M7.3
Date
Dec 17, 2024
Depth
57 km
Deaths
14
Latitude
-17.675°
Longitude
168.050°
Tsunami
No
Region
Vanuatu / Pacific
Tectonic Cause
Thrust fault along the New Hebrides Trench subduction zone where the Australian Plate subducts beneath the Pacific Plate at one of the world's fastest convergence rates.
Aftermath in Pictures
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