List of 21st-century Earthquakes - 2009

2009

Date Time (UTC) Place Lat. Long. Fatalities Magnitude Comments Source
January 3, 2009 19:43 Near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia
see 2009 Papua earthquake
−0.408 132.886 5 7.7 Mw (USGS) Centred 145km WNW of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia, at a depth of 17km.
22:33 −0.707 133.361 7.4 Mw (USGS) Centred 85km WNW of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia, at a depth of 23km.
January 8, 2009 19:21 Costa Rica Region
see 2009 Costa Rica earthquake
10.197 −84.159 34 dead
64 missing
6.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 30km NNW of San José, Costa Rica, at a depth of 4.5km.
January 15, 2009 17:49 East of the Kuril Islands, Russia 46.862 155.156 0 7.4 Mw (USGS) Centred 435km south of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia, at a depth of 4.5km.
February 11, 2009 17:34 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 3.902 126.400 0 7.2 Mw (USGS) Centred 280km SSE of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines, at a depth of 20km.
February 18, 2009 21:53 Kermadec Islands region, New Zealand −27.464 −176.324 0 7.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 250km NE of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, at a depth of 25km.
March 19, 2009 18:17 Tonga Region
see 2009 Tonga earthquake
−23.050 −174.668 0 7.6 Mw (USGS) Centred 220km SSE of Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, at a depth of 34km.
April 6, 2009 01:32 Central Italy
see 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
42.334 13.334 294 6.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 75km west of Pescara, Italy, at a depth of 8.8km.
April 16, 2009 21:27 Hindu Kush Region, Eastern Afghanistan
see 2009 Afghanistan earthquake
34.197 70.065 22 5.4 Mb (USGS). Followed by a Mag. 5.1 aftershock. 45 km (28 mi) from Jalalabad, Afghanistan
May 28, 2009 08:24 Offshore Honduras
see 2009 Honduras earthquake
16.733 −86.220 7 7.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 125km NNE of La Ceiba, Honduras, at a depth of 10km.
July 15, 2009 09:22 Off west coast of the South Island, New Zealand
see 2009 Fiordland earthquake
−45.750 166.577 0 7.8 w (USGS) Centred 155 km WNW of Invercargill, New Zealand, at a depth of 12km.
August 9, 2009 10:55 Izu Islands, Japan Region 33.122 138.026 0 7.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 170km south of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 297km.
August 10, 2009 19:55 Andaman Islands, India Region
see 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake
14.013 92.923 0 7.5 Mw (USGS) Centred 270km north of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India, at a depth of 33.1km.
August 10, 2009 20:07 Near the south coast of Honshu, Japan
see 2009 Shizuoka earthquake
34.778 138.276 1 6.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 30km SSW of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan, at a depth of 26km.
September 2, 2009 07:55 Java, Indonesia
see 2009 Java earthquake
−7.809 107.259 79 7.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 100km SSW of Bandung, Java, Indonesia, at a depth of 46.2km.
September 21, 2009 08:53 Bhutan Region
see 2009 Bhutan earthquake
27.346 91.412 11 6.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 130km NNW of Gauhati, Assam, India, at a depth of 14km.
September 29, 2009 17:48 Samoa Islands Region
see 2009 Samoa earthquake
−15.509 −172.034 189 8.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 185km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga, at a depth of 18km.
September 30, 2009 10:16 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
see 2009 Sumatra earthquakes
−0.725 99.856 1115 7.6 Mw (USGS) Centred 60km WNW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, at a depth of 81km.
October 1, 2009 01:52 −2.508 101.484 3 6.6 Mw (USGS) Centred 165km NNW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia, at a depth of 15km.
October 7, 2009 22:03 Vanuatu Region
see 2009 Vanuatu earthquakes
−13.052 166.187 0 7.7 Mw (USGS) Centred 265km SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, at a depth of 35km.
22:18 −12.554 166.320 7.8 Mw (USGS) Centred 210km SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, at a depth of 35km.
23:13 −13.145 166.297 7.4 Mw (USGS) Centred 270km SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, at a depth of 33.3km.
November 8, 2009 19:41 Sumbawa region, Indonesia −8.270 118.633 2 6.6 Mw (USGS) Centred 25km NNW of Raba, Sumbawa, Indonesia, at a depth of 32.9km.
November 9, 2009 10:44 Fiji Region
see 2009 Fiji earthquake
−17.212 178.413 0 7.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 100km north of Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji, at a depth of 585.1km.

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