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Vanuatu Earthquake 17 Dec 2024 land motion impact observed by GNSS

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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On 17th of December 2024 at 01:47:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake with a depth of 50 km occurred about 20 km West-North-West of Port Vila in Vanuatu1. The earthquake caused significant building damage and caused disruptions in the communication lines across the region. A Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS), known as ‘PTVL’, operates in Port Vila, Vanuatu, as part of the International GNSS Service (IGS) network, Asia-Pacific Reference Frame (APREF) network and South Pacific Regional GNSS Network (SPRGN). The site is located at the Vanuatu Weather Service Office, Port Vila. The GNSS station is operated through funding provided by Australian Aid, under the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac). This report is the preliminary ground motion analysis of this event that occurred in Vanuatu on 17 December from Global Navigation Satellite Systems data.

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Title Vanuatu Earthquake 17 Dec 2024 land motion impact observed by GNSS
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/fb1eac9a-f4d9-4c89-86ac-b41e1e669f0c
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Vanuatu Earthquake 17 Dec 2024 land motion impact observed by GNSS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/vanuatu-earthquake-17-dec-2024-land-motion-impact-observed-by-gnss