Major earthquakes worldwide in 2009 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes160

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LargestM8.12009 Samoa Earthquake

M7+17

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.4115

M6.5–6.928

M7.0–7.916

M8+1

By region

Indonesia21

Philippines12

Japan9

Vanuatu8

New Zealand7

Tonga7

Papua New Guinea6

Solomon Islands5

Kermadec Islands4

Mexico4

Nearby years

2004157

2005150

2006153

2007196

2008179

2009 ◀160

2010174

2011207

2012133

2013142

2014155

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.1 2009-09-29	2009-09-29 17:48	18 km	2009 Samoa Earthquake
M7.8 2009-07-15	2009-07-15 09:22	12 km	97 km WSW of Te Anau, New Zealand
M7.8 2009-10-07	2009-10-07 22:18	35 km	196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M7.7 2009-01-03	2009-01-03 19:43	17 km	140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia
M7.7 2009-10-07	2009-10-07 22:03	45 km	148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M7.6 2009-03-19	2009-03-19 18:17	31 km	191 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M7.6 2009-09-30	2009-09-30 10:16	81 km	30 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia
M7.5 2009-08-10	2009-08-10 19:55	24 km	266 km N of Bamboo Flat, India
M7.4 2009-01-03	2009-01-03 22:33	23 km	86 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia
M7.4 2009-01-15	2009-01-15 17:49	36 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M7.4 2009-10-07	2009-10-07 23:13	31 km	143 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M7.3 2009-05-28	2009-05-28 08:24	19 km	46 km NW of Guanaja, Honduras
M7.3 2009-11-09	2009-11-09 10:44	595 km	77 km ENE of Ba, Fiji
M7.2 2009-02-11	2009-02-11 17:34	20 km	196 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
M7.1 2009-08-09	2009-08-09 10:55	292 km	161 km S of ?yama, Japan
M7.0 2009-02-18	2009-02-18 21:53	25 km	Kermadec Islands region
M7.0 2009-09-02	2009-09-02 07:55	46 km	66 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia
M6.9 2009-04-07	2009-04-07 04:23	31 km	Kuril Islands
M6.9 2009-08-03	2009-08-03 17:59	10 km	96 km WNW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico
M6.9 2009-08-28	2009-08-28 01:51	642 km	211 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia
M6.9 2009-10-24	2009-10-24 14:40	130 km	268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M6.8 2009-10-07	2009-10-07 21:41	574 km	221 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines
M6.8 2009-10-07	2009-10-07 22:50	21 km	186 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.8 2009-10-08	2009-10-08 08:28	35 km	188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.8 2009-10-30	2009-10-30 07:03	34 km	98 km NNE of Naze, Japan
M6.8 2009-11-24	2009-11-24 12:47	18 km	104 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
M6.7 2009-01-15	2009-01-15 07:27	27 km	298 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.7 2009-04-16	2009-04-16 14:57	20 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.7 2009-06-23	2009-06-23 14:19	64 km	190 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 2009-08-16	2009-08-16 07:38	20 km	112 km WSW of Padang, Indonesia
M6.7 2009-08-17	2009-08-17 00:05	20 km	114 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan
M6.6 2009-01-03	2009-01-03 20:23	205 km	50 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
M6.6 2009-01-19	2009-01-19 03:35	12 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.6 2009-04-18	2009-04-18 19:17	35 km	290 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.6 2009-08-10	2009-08-10 04:06	35 km	103 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.6 2009-08-12	2009-08-12 22:48	53 km	244 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
M6.6 2009-08-30	2009-08-30 14:51	11 km	154 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.6 2009-10-01	2009-10-01 01:52	9 km	49 km SSE of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia
M6.6 2009-10-04	2009-10-04 10:58	620 km	71 km W of Gadung, Philippines
M6.6 2009-11-08	2009-11-08 19:41	18 km	29 km NNW of Bima, Indonesia
M6.6 2009-11-17	2009-11-17 15:30	17 km	254 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada
M6.5 2009-03-06	2009-03-06 10:50	9 km	north of Svalbard
M6.5 2009-05-16	2009-05-16 00:53	43 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.5 2009-10-13	2009-10-13 05:37	24 km	127 km E of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.5 2009-11-13	2009-11-13 03:05	27 km	92 km N of Iquique, Chile
M6.4 2009-01-18	2009-01-18 14:11	33 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.4 2009-04-01	2009-04-01 03:54	10 km	52 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 2009-06-05	2009-06-05 03:30	29 km	105 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.4 2009-07-01	2009-07-01 09:30	19 km	95 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece
M6.4 2009-09-12	2009-09-12 20:06	14 km	27 km NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
M6.4 2009-09-24	2009-09-24 07:16	13 km	236 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
M6.4 2009-10-13	2009-10-13 20:21	14 km	123 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.4 2009-11-22	2009-11-22 07:48	523 km	241 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.4 2009-12-09	2009-12-09 09:46	45 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.4 2009-12-09	2009-12-09 16:00	10 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.4 2009-12-19	2009-12-19 13:02	43 km	20 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.3 2009-02-12	2009-02-12 13:15	27 km	193 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
M6.3 2009-02-28	2009-02-28 14:33	15 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.3 2009-03-12	2009-03-12 23:23	9 km	259 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama
M6.3 2009-03-16	2009-03-16 14:15	35 km	213 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
M6.3 2009-04-04	2009-04-04 05:31	48 km	Philippine Islands region
M6.3 2009-04-06	2009-04-06 01:32	9 km	3 km SE of Sassa, Italy
M6.3 2009-04-15	2009-04-15 20:01	22 km	155 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia
M6.3 2009-05-03	2009-05-03 16:21	108 km	5 km S of San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala
M6.3 2009-06-02	2009-06-02 02:17	15 km	38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.3 2009-07-13	2009-07-13 18:05	17 km	61 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.3 2009-08-18	2009-08-18 21:20	270 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.3 2009-08-28	2009-08-28 01:52	13 km	294 km SW of Laojunmiao, China
M6.3 2009-10-14	2009-10-14 18:00	10 km	159 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.3 2009-12-10	2009-12-10 02:30	656 km	Sea of Okhotsk
M6.3 2009-12-24	2009-12-24 00:23	392 km	98 km SE of Preobrazheniye, Russia
M6.2 2009-04-21	2009-04-21 05:26	152 km	80 km WNW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 2009-08-03	2009-08-03 18:40	10 km	97 km N of San Luis, Mexico
M6.2 2009-08-10	2009-08-10 20:07	40 km	8 km NE of Sagara, Japan
M6.2 2009-09-02	2009-09-02 18:00	257 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.2 2009-09-03	2009-09-03 13:26	163 km	32 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan
M6.2 2009-09-07	2009-09-07 16:12	23 km	250 km S of Pundong, Indonesia
M6.2 2009-09-17	2009-09-17 23:21	10 km	Easter Island region
M6.2 2009-10-12	2009-10-12 03:15	10 km	Mauritius - Reunion region
M6.2 2009-10-12	2009-10-12 09:37	42 km	198 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.2 2009-10-22	2009-10-22 19:51	186 km	39 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan
M6.2 2009-10-29	2009-10-29 17:44	210 km	53 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
M6.2 2009-11-02	2009-11-02 10:47	9 km	south of Tonga
M6.2 2009-11-14	2009-11-14 19:44	220 km	100 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina
M6.2 2009-11-22	2009-11-22 22:47	436 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 2009-01-08	2009-01-08 19:21	14 km	10 km NNE of Sabanilla, Costa Rica
M6.1 2009-01-21	2009-01-21 17:08	24 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.1 2009-01-22	2009-01-22 13:40	44 km	New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2009-01-22	2009-01-22 20:16	147 km	219 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.1 2009-02-15	2009-02-15 10:04	21 km	near the coast of northern Peru
M6.1 2009-04-17	2009-04-17 02:08	25 km	77 km NNW of Iquique, Chile
M6.1 2009-04-19	2009-04-19 05:23	25 km	194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
M6.1 2009-04-26	2009-04-26 00:06	132 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.1 2009-05-10	2009-05-10 01:16	6 km	off the coast of Ecuador
M6.1 2009-05-12	2009-05-12 01:26	89 km	60 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 2009-06-14	2009-06-14 05:58	35 km	107 km SE of Caburan, Philippines
M6.1 2009-06-16	2009-06-16 20:05	10 km	Bouvet Island region
M6.1 2009-07-04	2009-07-04 06:49	38 km	4 km NNW of El Porvenir, Panama
M6.1 2009-07-06	2009-07-06 14:53	22 km	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
M6.1 2009-07-07	2009-07-07 19:11	19 km	Baffin Bay

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Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.