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WELLINGTON (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Vanuatu's capital Port Vila on Tuesday, damaging buildings and cars with at least one person reported killed. Vanuatu state broadcaster ...
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 with about 300,000 residents. [1] [2] At least 14 people died while 200 others were injured. Extensive damage occurred in Port Vila and surrounding areas. The earthquake also generated a 25 cm (9.8 in) tsunami.
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a M w 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [5] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [6] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
The agency listed the magnitude of the initial earthquake at 7.2. Seismology official Wu Chien-fu said it was Taiwan’s strongest earthquake since 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude tremor killed about ...
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake was the most powerful to hit the island in 25 years, damaging buildings, causing landslides and knocking out power for thousands of people. ... USA TODAY. Blast from ...
Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event 1 7.5 475 Japan, Ishikawa: XI (Extreme) 10.0 January 1: 2024 Noto earthquake: 2 7.4 18 Taiwan, Hualien offshore VIII (Severe) 40.0 April 2: 2024 Hualien earthquake: 2 7.4 1 Chile, Antofagasta: VII (Very strong) 117.4 July 19 - 3 7.2 0 Peru, Arequipa offshore VI (Strong) 28.0 June 28 - 4 7.1 0
However, PHIVOLCS said that it was a separate earthquake. [10] On August 2, 2024, two M ww 6.8 and 6.3 earthquakes occurred within the area of the 2023 sequence. [11] [12] The December 2 earthquake was described as the first major earthquake in the area since a doublet 7.1 and 7.5 earthquake that also produced a tsunami in 1992. [13]
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