2009 Earthquakes
Earthquakes in 2009 resulted in 1853 fatalities. The 2nd Sumatra earthquake caused an estimated 1117 deaths to that island. Also notable, the 2009 Samoa earthquake registered an 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale, the most powerful earthquake in 2009. The tsunami associated with the Samoa earthquake caused tsunami advisories and warning across the most Ocean rim, also known as the Ring of Fire.
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“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 24:7,8.