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Earthquake archives 2009

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events6,054
Largest magnitudeM 8.1
M6+160
M7+17
Average depth60.7 km

Monthly activity

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

Jan651Feb601Mar485Apr448May389Jun389Jul481Aug501Sep476Oct750Nov426Dec457
January651 EventsMax M7.7 · M6+ 14February601 EventsMax M7.2 · M6+ 12March485 EventsMax M7.6 · M6+ 5April448 EventsMax M6.9 · M6+ 11May389 EventsMax M7.3 · M6+ 6June389 EventsMax M6.7 · M6+ 8July481 EventsMax M7.8 · M6+ 10August501 EventsMax M7.5 · M6+ 19September476 EventsMax M8.1 · M6+ 15October750 EventsMax M7.8 · M6+ 34November426 EventsMax M7.3 · M6+ 14December457 EventsMax M6.4 · M6+ 12

Strongest events

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 8.12009 Samoa Earthquake18.0 km2009-09-29 17:48:10 UTCView event →
M 7.8196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-07 22:18:51 UTCView event →
M 7.897 km WSW of Te Anau, New Zealand12.0 km2009-07-15 09:22:29 UTCView event →
M 7.7148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu45.0 km2009-10-07 22:03:14 UTCView event →
M 7.7140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia17.0 km2009-01-03 19:43:50 UTCView event →
M 7.630 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia81.0 km2009-09-30 10:16:09 UTCView event →
M 7.6191 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga31.0 km2009-03-19 18:17:40 UTCView event →
M 7.5266 km N of Bamboo Flat, India24.0 km2009-08-10 19:55:38 UTCView event →
M 7.4143 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu31.1 km2009-10-07 23:13:48 UTCView event →
M 7.4east of the Kuril Islands36.0 km2009-01-15 17:49:39 UTCView event →
M 7.486 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia23.0 km2009-01-03 22:33:40 UTCView event →
M 7.377 km ENE of Ba, Fiji595.0 km2009-11-09 10:44:55 UTCView event →
M 7.346 km NW of Guanaja, Honduras19.0 km2009-05-28 08:24:46 UTCView event →
M 7.2196 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines20.0 km2009-02-11 17:34:50 UTCView event →
M 7.1161 km S of ?yama, Japan292.0 km2009-08-09 10:55:55 UTCView event →
M 7.066 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia46.0 km2009-09-02 07:55:01 UTCView event →
M 7.0Kermadec Islands region25.0 km2009-02-18 21:53:45 UTCView event →
M 6.9268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia130.0 km2009-10-24 14:40:43 UTCView event →
M 6.9211 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia642.4 km2009-08-28 01:51:20 UTCView event →
M 6.996 km WNW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico10.0 km2009-08-03 17:59:56 UTCView event →
M 6.9Kuril Islands31.0 km2009-04-07 04:23:33 UTCView event →
M 6.8104 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga18.0 km2009-11-24 12:47:15 UTCView event →
M 6.898 km NNE of Naze, Japan34.0 km2009-10-30 07:03:39 UTCView event →
M 6.8188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu35.0 km2009-10-08 08:28:47 UTCView event →
M 6.8186 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands21.0 km2009-10-07 22:50:15 UTCView event →
M 6.8221 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines574.0 km2009-10-07 21:41:13 UTCView event →
M 6.7114 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan20.0 km2009-08-17 00:05:49 UTCView event →
M 6.7112 km WSW of Padang, Indonesia20.0 km2009-08-16 07:38:21 UTCView event →
M 6.7190 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea64.0 km2009-06-23 14:19:22 UTCView event →
M 6.7South Sandwich Islands region20.0 km2009-04-16 14:57:06 UTCView event →
M 6.7298 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia27.0 km2009-01-15 07:27:20 UTCView event →
M 6.6254 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada17.0 km2009-11-17 15:30:47 UTCView event →
M 6.629 km NNW of Bima, Indonesia18.0 km2009-11-08 19:41:43 UTCView event →
M 6.671 km W of Gadung, Philippines620.0 km2009-10-04 10:58:00 UTCView event →
M 6.649 km SSE of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia9.0 km2009-10-01 01:52:27 UTCView event →
M 6.6154 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga11.0 km2009-08-30 14:51:32 UTCView event →
M 6.6244 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan53.0 km2009-08-12 22:48:51 UTCView event →
M 6.6103 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands35.0 km2009-08-10 04:06:31 UTCView event →
M 6.6290 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia35.0 km2009-04-18 19:17:58 UTCView event →
M 6.6southeast of the Loyalty Islands12.0 km2009-01-19 03:35:18 UTCView event →
M 6.650 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan204.8 km2009-01-03 20:23:20 UTCView event →
M 6.592 km N of Iquique, Chile27.0 km2009-11-13 03:05:57 UTCView event →
M 6.5127 km E of Nikolski, Alaska24.0 km2009-10-13 05:37:23 UTCView event →
M 6.5Kermadec Islands region43.0 km2009-05-16 00:53:51 UTCView event →
M 6.5north of Svalbard9.0 km2009-03-06 10:50:29 UTCView event →
M 6.420 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan43.0 km2009-12-19 13:02:15 UTCView event →
M 6.4central Mid-Atlantic Ridge10.0 km2009-12-09 16:00:43 UTCView event →
M 6.4southeast of the Loyalty Islands45.0 km2009-12-09 09:46:03 UTCView event →
M 6.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji522.6 km2009-11-22 07:48:20 UTCView event →
M 6.4123 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska14.0 km2009-10-13 20:21:53 UTCView event →
M 6.4236 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico13.0 km2009-09-24 07:16:20 UTCView event →
M 6.427 km NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela14.0 km2009-09-12 20:06:25 UTCView event →
M 6.495 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece19.0 km2009-07-01 09:30:10 UTCView event →
M 6.4105 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan29.0 km2009-06-05 03:30:33 UTCView event →
M 6.452 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2009-04-01 03:54:58 UTCView event →
M 6.4Kermadec Islands, New Zealand33.0 km2009-01-18 14:11:48 UTCView event →
M 6.398 km SE of Preobrazheniye, Russia392.0 km2009-12-24 00:23:31 UTCView event →
M 6.3Sea of Okhotsk656.2 km2009-12-10 02:30:52 UTCView event →
M 6.3159 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga10.0 km2009-10-14 18:00:21 UTCView event →
M 6.3294 km SW of Laojunmiao, China13.0 km2009-08-28 01:52:06 UTCView event →

Most represented countries

Indonesia843Max M7.7Tonga574Max M7.6Philippines507Max M7.2Vanuatu249Max M7.8Papua New Guinea231Max M6.7India224Max M7.5New Zealand219Max M7.8Japan215Max M7.1Solomon Islands185Max M6.8Chile159Max M6.5Fiji151Max M7.3United States150Max M6.5

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

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