Earthquakes in 2009
8,868 earthquakes (M4+) recorded globally in 2009. Data from USGS.
Total (M4+)
8,868
Significant (M6+)
159
Maximum Magnitude
8.1
Avg Depth
60 km
Magnitude Breakdown
M4
6,804
M5
1,905
M6
142
M7
16
M8+
1
Significant Events by Month
01
14
02
12
03
5
04
11
05
6
06
8
07
10
08
19
09
15
10
34
11
14
12
12
Significant Earthquakes in 2009 (160)
| Mag | Location | Depth | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 2009 Samoa Earthquake | 18.0 km | Sep 29, 2009 |
| 7.8 | 97 km WSW of Te Anau, New Zealand | 12.0 km | Jul 15, 2009 |
| 7.8 | 196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 35.0 km | Oct 7, 2009 |
| 7.7 | 148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 45.0 km | Oct 7, 2009 |
| 7.7 | 140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia | 17.0 km | Jan 3, 2009 |
| 7.6 | 30 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia | 81.0 km | Sep 30, 2009 |
| 7.6 | 191 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga | 31.0 km | Mar 19, 2009 |
| 7.5 | 266 km N of Bamboo Flat, India | 24.0 km | Aug 10, 2009 |
| 7.4 | 143 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 31.1 km | Oct 7, 2009 |
| 7.4 | 86 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia | 23.0 km | Jan 3, 2009 |
| 7.4 | east of the Kuril Islands | 36.0 km | Jan 15, 2009 |
| 7.3 | 77 km ENE of Ba, Fiji | 595.0 km | Nov 9, 2009 |
| 7.3 | 46 km NW of Guanaja, Honduras | 19.0 km | May 28, 2009 |
| 7.2 | 196 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines | 20.0 km | Feb 11, 2009 |
| 7.1 | 161 km S of ?yama, Japan | 292.0 km | Aug 9, 2009 |
| 7.0 | 66 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia | 46.0 km | Sep 2, 2009 |
| 7.0 | Kermadec Islands region | 25.0 km | Feb 18, 2009 |
| 6.9 | Kuril Islands | 31.0 km | Apr 7, 2009 |
| 6.9 | 268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia | 130.0 km | Oct 24, 2009 |
| 6.9 | 211 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia | 642.4 km | Aug 28, 2009 |
| 6.9 | 96 km WNW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico | 10.0 km | Aug 3, 2009 |
| 6.8 | 188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu | 35.0 km | Oct 8, 2009 |
| 6.8 | 98 km NNE of Naze, Japan | 34.0 km | Oct 30, 2009 |
| 6.8 | 186 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands | 21.0 km | Oct 7, 2009 |
| 6.8 | 221 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines | 574.0 km | Oct 7, 2009 |
| 6.8 | 104 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga | 18.0 km | Nov 24, 2009 |
| 6.7 | 190 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 64.0 km | Jun 23, 2009 |
| 6.7 | South Sandwich Islands region | 20.0 km | Apr 16, 2009 |
| 6.7 | 298 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia | 27.0 km | Jan 15, 2009 |
| 6.7 | 114 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan | 20.0 km | Aug 17, 2009 |
| 6.7 | 112 km WSW of Padang, Indonesia | 20.0 km | Aug 16, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 49 km SSE of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia | 9.0 km | Oct 1, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 103 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands | 35.0 km | Aug 10, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 290 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia | 35.0 km | Apr 18, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 29 km NNW of Bima, Indonesia | 18.0 km | Nov 8, 2009 |
| 6.6 | southeast of the Loyalty Islands | 12.0 km | Jan 19, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 71 km W of Gadung, Philippines | 620.0 km | Oct 4, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 154 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga | 11.0 km | Aug 30, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 50 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan | 204.8 km | Jan 3, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 254 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada | 17.0 km | Nov 17, 2009 |
| 6.6 | 244 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan | 53.0 km | Aug 12, 2009 |
| 6.5 | 92 km N of Iquique, Chile | 27.0 km | Nov 13, 2009 |
| 6.5 | Kermadec Islands region | 43.0 km | May 16, 2009 |
| 6.5 | north of Svalbard | 9.0 km | Mar 6, 2009 |
| 6.5 | 127 km E of Nikolski, Alaska | 24.0 km | Oct 13, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 20 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan | 43.0 km | Dec 19, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 236 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico | 13.0 km | Sep 24, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 105 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan | 29.0 km | Jun 5, 2009 |
| 6.4 | central Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | Dec 9, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 241 km E of Levuka, Fiji | 522.6 km | Nov 22, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 52 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | Apr 1, 2009 |
| 6.4 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 33.0 km | Jan 18, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 123 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska | 14.0 km | Oct 13, 2009 |
| 6.4 | southeast of the Loyalty Islands | 45.0 km | Dec 9, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 95 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece | 19.0 km | Jul 1, 2009 |
| 6.4 | 27 km NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | 14.0 km | Sep 12, 2009 |
| 6.3 | Philippine Islands region | 48.0 km | Apr 4, 2009 |
| 6.3 | south of the Fiji Islands | 269.8 km | Aug 18, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 5 km S of San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala | 108.0 km | May 3, 2009 |
| 6.3 | Sea of Okhotsk | 656.2 km | Dec 10, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 294 km SW of Laojunmiao, China | 13.0 km | Aug 28, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 159 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga | 10.0 km | Oct 14, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 98 km SE of Preobrazheniye, Russia | 392.0 km | Dec 24, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 61 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan | 17.0 km | Jul 13, 2009 |
| 6.3 | South Sandwich Islands region | 15.0 km | Feb 28, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 193 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 27.0 km | Feb 12, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 213 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 35.0 km | Mar 16, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 155 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia | 22.0 km | Apr 15, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 259 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama | 9.0 km | Mar 12, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 3 km SE of Sassa, Italy | 8.8 km | Apr 6, 2009 |
| 6.3 | 38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 15.0 km | Jun 2, 2009 |
| 6.2 | Kermadec Islands region | 435.7 km | Nov 22, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 39 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 185.9 km | Oct 22, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 250 km S of Pundong, Indonesia | 23.0 km | Sep 7, 2009 |
| 6.2 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 257.0 km | Sep 2, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 97 km N of San Luis, Mexico | 10.0 km | Aug 3, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 100 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina | 220.4 km | Nov 14, 2009 |
| 6.2 | Mauritius - Reunion region | 10.0 km | Oct 12, 2009 |
| 6.2 | south of Tonga | 9.0 km | Nov 2, 2009 |
| 6.2 | Easter Island region | 10.0 km | Sep 17, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 53 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan | 210.0 km | Oct 29, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 198 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 42.0 km | Oct 12, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 80 km WNW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia | 152.0 km | Apr 21, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 32 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan | 163.0 km | Sep 3, 2009 |
| 6.2 | 8 km NE of Sagara, Japan | 40.4 km | Aug 10, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 59 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands | 44.7 km | Oct 8, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 107 km W of Te Anau, New Zealand | 10.0 km | Aug 5, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 136 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia | 20.0 km | Aug 2, 2009 |
| 6.1 | southern East Pacific Rise | 10.0 km | Aug 1, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 60 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea | 89.0 km | May 12, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 69 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia | 38.0 km | Oct 16, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 91 km E of Sarangani, Philippines | 38.8 km | Nov 28, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 54 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga | 8.0 km | Oct 2, 2009 |
| 6.1 | Baffin Bay | 19.0 km | Jul 7, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 25.0 km | Apr 19, 2009 |
| 6.1 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 131.7 km | Apr 26, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 11 km W of Trashigang, Bhutan | 14.0 km | Sep 21, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 171 km W of Tual, Indonesia | 85.0 km | Dec 26, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 94 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea | 13.4 km | Jul 15, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 120 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan | 15.0 km | Aug 17, 2009 |
| 6.1 | Bouvet Island region | 10.0 km | Jun 16, 2009 |
| 6.1 | off the coast of Ecuador | 6.0 km | May 10, 2009 |
| 6.1 | New Britain region, Papua New Guinea | 44.0 km | Jan 22, 2009 |
| 6.1 | near the coast of northern Peru | 21.0 km | Feb 15, 2009 |
| 6.1 | southeast of the Loyalty Islands | 24.0 km | Jan 21, 2009 |
| 6.1 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 22.0 km | Jul 6, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 66 km SSW of Hirara, Japan | 25.0 km | Aug 5, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 107 km SE of Caburan, Philippines | 35.0 km | Jun 14, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 219 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste | 146.7 km | Jan 22, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 77 km NNW of Iquique, Chile | 25.0 km | Apr 17, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 41 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan | 28.0 km | Oct 3, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 10 km NNE of Sabanilla, Costa Rica | 14.0 km | Jan 8, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 10 km SSW of Tirapata, Peru | 198.9 km | Jul 12, 2009 |
| 6.1 | 4 km NNW of El Porvenir, Panama | 38.0 km | Jul 4, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | 10.0 km | Dec 31, 2009 |
| 6.0 | south of the Fiji Islands | 417.9 km | Oct 25, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 183 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands | 35.0 km | Oct 8, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 171 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 35.0 km | Oct 8, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Fiji region | 10.0 km | Oct 2, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 95 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga | 10.0 km | Sep 29, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Norwegian Sea | 6.0 km | Aug 20, 2009 |
| 6.0 | southeast of Easter Island | 12.0 km | Jul 8, 2009 |
| 6.0 | northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 14.0 km | Jun 6, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands region | 4.0 km | May 24, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 60 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia | 21.0 km | Dec 9, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 28.0 km | Nov 28, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Drake Passage | 10.0 km | Oct 27, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 249 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 10.0 km | Oct 11, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 134 km E of Hihifo, Tonga | 10.0 km | Sep 29, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 135 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia | 32.0 km | Oct 13, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Macquarie Island region | 10.0 km | Sep 23, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 82 km SSW of Campo Pesquero el Colorado, Mexico | 10.0 km | Jul 3, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 127 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia | 93.0 km | Mar 28, 2009 |
| 6.0 | southern East Pacific Rise | 10.0 km | Dec 3, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 172 km WSW of Waingapu, Indonesia | 15.0 km | Nov 28, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Macquarie Island region | 10.0 km | Nov 5, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 131 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia | 105.7 km | Oct 15, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Kuril Islands | 112.0 km | Oct 10, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 297 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia | 36.0 km | Sep 10, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 121 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 39.0 km | Dec 14, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Nicobar Islands, India region | 23.0 km | Nov 10, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 164 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands | 31.1 km | Oct 23, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Galapagos Triple Junction region | 10.0 km | Oct 15, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Prince Edward Islands region | 16.0 km | Jun 4, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | Jan 13, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 40 km WNW of Pisco, Peru | 21.0 km | Feb 2, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 226 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines | 32.0 km | Feb 22, 2009 |
| 6.0 | southeast of the Loyalty Islands | 35.0 km | Jan 19, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 73 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia | 16.0 km | Jan 6, 2009 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 13.0 km | Feb 17, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 192 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines | 26.0 km | Feb 12, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 211 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 35.0 km | Feb 12, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 211 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 35.0 km | Feb 11, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 23 km SSW of Karonga, Malawi | 6.0 km | Dec 19, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 119 km WSW of Padang, Indonesia | 19.0 km | Dec 23, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 117 km SSW of Sechura, Peru | 15.0 km | Feb 9, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 147 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama | 18.0 km | Oct 22, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 55 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 15.0 km | Jun 12, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 159 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa | 18.0 km | Oct 19, 2009 |
| 6.0 | 8 km N of Oni, Georgia | 15.0 km | Sep 7, 2009 |