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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.
Import USGS earthquake map, shakemap id: urn:usgs-product:us:shakemap:us7000nzf3:1734402477102 (2024-12-17T02:27:57.102Z) File usage The following 2 pages use this file:
December 17, 2024 at 6:24 AM. A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck near Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, triggering landslides, crushing cars and flattening multiple buildings, including a complex ...
At 12:47:26 VUT (01:47:26 UTC) on 17 December 2024, a M w 7.3 earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. [1] At least 14 people died while 265 others were injured. [ 2 ] Extensive damage occurred in Port Vila and surrounding areas.
On December 17, a nationwide curfew was enacted starting at 4:00 p.m local time [46] and the National Disaster Management Office declared a state of emergency. [47] Early on December 17, Bainimarama said in a video posted to Facebook that over 850,000 Fijians, or about 95% of the country's population, were in the direct path of Yasa. He added ...
Port Vila, Vanuatu's capital, is without water after the quake destroyed reservoirs. According to the UN humanitarian office, sea port and airport access were "severely limited due to road damage ...
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.
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 ...