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Historic Earthquake
2024 Port Vila Earthquake
17 December 2024 · Efate, Port Vila · Vanuatu
On 17 December 2024 at 01:47 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu (Efate, Port Vila), at a depth of 57 km. It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 81 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 14 people and injured 265.
- Date
- 17 December 2024
- Time
- 01:47 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 57 km
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 265
- Homes Damaged
- 570
- Estimated Damage
- 100 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.3 m wave)
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Nearest Volcano
- Nguna-Emau (43 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1965Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1925Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Espiritu Santo · M 7.9
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 1903Vanuatu · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth