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At 12:47:26 VUT (01:47:26 UTC) on 17 December 2024, a M w 7.3 earthquake struck near 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. The earthquake also generated a 25 cm (10 in) tsunami. [3]
6.1 to 6.9: Serious damage. 7.0 to 7.9: Major earthquake. Serious damage. 8.0 or greater: Massive damage, can destroy communities. ... a 9.2 magnitude temblor that killed 131 people.
The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.
Holidaymaker Nadia Cryer shares what she experienced during the devastating quake that struck Morocco.Over 2,000 people have been killed and at least 2,059 people injured after the near-7 ...
An earthquake struck the Jordan Rift Valley on December 5, AD 1033 and caused extreme devastation in the Levant region. It was part of a sequence of four strong earthquakes in the region between 1033 and 1035. Scholars have estimated the moment magnitude to be greater than 7.0 M w and evaluated the Modified Mercalli intensity to X (Extreme).
The official central news agency said the quake was the biggest since one of magnitude 7.6 in 1999 that killed about 2,400 people and damaged or destroyed 50,000 buildings.
This is a list of major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Only earthquakes that have caused damage over US$1 billion, adjusted for inflation, are listed here.
Correction: Officials later clarified that the initial figure of 2,000 dead included deaths and injuries More than 2,000 people were reported dead and injured after a pair of devastating ...