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English: Shakemap from USGS for the magnitude 7.3, maximum intensity 9.007 earthquake with tsunami near en:Usgs Neic Shakemap (primary) (30 km W of en:Port-Vila, Vanuatu), 57.1 km depth. Date 17 December 2024, 01:47:26
Yasa was first noted as an area of low pressure to the north of Port Vila in Vanuatu during December 10. Over the next few days, the system gradually developed further as it absorbed Tropical Depression 01F , before it was classified as a tropical cyclone and named Yasa by the Fiji Meteorological Service on December 13.
Residents across the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu are bracing for heavy rain and a potential cyclone Thursday, just two days after a deadly magnitude 7.3 earthquake rocked the islands.
Map of Vanuatu with its capital, Port Vila, located on its third largest island Rentapau, a wildflowers garden. Vanuatu is a Y-shaped archipelago consisting of about 83 relatively small, geologically newer islands of volcanic origin (65 of them inhabited), with about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) between the most northern and southern islands.
Vanuatu was rocked by a powerful earthquake, leaving a trail of destruction, power and communication outages and chaotic hospital scenes as tremors continued throughout the day. ... December 18 ...
A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu on Tuesday, triggering a series of alerts from the US Tsunami Warning System. The earthquake’s epicentre was 30km west of the capital Port Vila ...
On 20 December 2024, over seven tonnes of aid were delivered by New Zealand. [61] This alongside the deployment of an urban search and rescue team, Ministry of Health staff, as well as New Zealand Red Cross personnel, with the latter providing satellite phones and Starlink devices. [62] On 22 December, Port Vila airport resumed commercial ...
Six people are reportedly dead, and buildings and cars are damaged after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the capital of Vanuatu, a country west of Fiji. On Tuesday, the earthquake struck less than ...