2009 Earthquakes

Largest earthquakes of 2009

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

1. 18.1
   2009 Samoa Earthquake

   September 29, 2009 · 18 km deep

2. 27.8
   196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu

   October 7, 2009 · 35 km deep

3. 37.8
   97 km WSW of Te Anau, New Zealand

   July 15, 2009 · 12 km deep

4. 47.7
   148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu

   October 7, 2009 · 45 km deep

5. 57.7
   140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia

   January 3, 2009 · 17 km deep

6. 67.6
   30 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia

   September 30, 2009 · 81 km deep

7. 77.6
   191 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

   March 19, 2009 · 31 km deep

8. 87.5
   266 km N of Bamboo Flat, India

   August 10, 2009 · 24 km deep

9. 97.4
   143 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu

   October 7, 2009 · 31 km deep

10. 107.4
    east of the Kuril Islands

    January 15, 2009 · 36 km deep

11. 117.4
    86 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia

    January 3, 2009 · 23 km deep

12. 127.3
    77 km ENE of Ba, Fiji

    November 9, 2009 · 595 km deep

13. 137.3
    46 km NW of Guanaja, Honduras

    May 28, 2009 · 19 km deep

14. 147.2
    196 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines

    February 11, 2009 · 20 km deep

15. 157.1
    161 km S of ?yama, Japan

    August 9, 2009 · 292 km deep

16. 167.0
    66 km SSW of Banjar, Indonesia

    September 2, 2009 · 46 km deep

17. 177.0
    Kermadec Islands region

    February 18, 2009 · 25 km deep

18. 186.9
    268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia

    October 24, 2009 · 130 km deep

19. 196.9
    211 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia

    August 28, 2009 · 642 km deep

20. 206.9
    96 km WNW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico

    August 3, 2009 · 10 km deep

21. 216.9
    Kuril Islands

    April 7, 2009 · 31 km deep

22. 226.8
    104 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga

    November 24, 2009 · 18 km deep

23. 236.8
    98 km NNE of Naze, Japan

    October 30, 2009 · 34 km deep

24. 246.8
    188 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu

    October 8, 2009 · 35 km deep

25. 256.8
    186 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands

    October 7, 2009 · 21 km deep

26. 266.8
    221 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines

    October 7, 2009 · 574 km deep

27. 276.7
    114 km SW of Ishigaki, Japan

    August 17, 2009 · 20 km deep

28. 286.7
    112 km WSW of Padang, Indonesia

    August 16, 2009 · 20 km deep

29. 296.7
    190 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

    June 23, 2009 · 64 km deep

30. 306.7
    South Sandwich Islands region

    April 16, 2009 · 20 km deep

31. 316.7
    298 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia

    January 15, 2009 · 27 km deep

32. 326.6
    254 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada

    November 17, 2009 · 17 km deep

33. 336.6
    29 km NNW of Bima, Indonesia

    November 8, 2009 · 18 km deep

34. 346.6
    71 km W of Gadung, Philippines

    October 4, 2009 · 620 km deep

35. 356.6
    49 km SSE of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia

    October 1, 2009 · 9 km deep

36. 366.6
    154 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga

    August 30, 2009 · 11 km deep

37. 376.6
    244 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan

    August 12, 2009 · 53 km deep

38. 386.6
    103 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands

    August 10, 2009 · 35 km deep

39. 396.6
    290 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia

    April 18, 2009 · 35 km deep

40. 406.6
    southeast of the Loyalty Islands

    January 19, 2009 · 12 km deep

41. 416.6
    50 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan

    January 3, 2009 · 205 km deep

42. 426.5
    92 km N of Iquique, Chile

    November 13, 2009 · 27 km deep

43. 436.5
    127 km E of Nikolski, Alaska

    October 13, 2009 · 24 km deep

44. 446.5
    Kermadec Islands region

    May 16, 2009 · 43 km deep

45. 456.5
    north of Svalbard

    March 6, 2009 · 9 km deep

46. 466.4
    20 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan

    December 19, 2009 · 43 km deep

47. 476.4
    central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    December 9, 2009 · 10 km deep

48. 486.4
    southeast of the Loyalty Islands

    December 9, 2009 · 45 km deep

49. 496.4
    241 km E of Levuka, Fiji

    November 22, 2009 · 523 km deep

50. 506.4
    123 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

    October 13, 2009 · 14 km deep

51. 516.4
    236 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico

    September 24, 2009 · 13 km deep

52. 526.4
    27 km NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

    September 12, 2009 · 14 km deep

53. 536.4
    95 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece

    July 1, 2009 · 19 km deep

54. 546.4
    105 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

    June 5, 2009 · 29 km deep

55. 556.4
    52 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

    April 1, 2009 · 10 km deep

56. 566.4
    Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

    January 18, 2009 · 33 km deep

57. 576.3
    98 km SE of Preobrazheniye, Russia

    December 24, 2009 · 392 km deep

58. 586.3
    Sea of Okhotsk

    December 10, 2009 · 656 km deep

59. 596.3
    159 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga

    October 14, 2009 · 10 km deep

60. 606.3
    294 km SW of Laojunmiao, China

    August 28, 2009 · 13 km deep

61. 616.3
    south of the Fiji Islands

    August 18, 2009 · 270 km deep

62. 626.3
    61 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan

    July 13, 2009 · 17 km deep

63. 636.3
    38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

    June 2, 2009 · 15 km deep

64. 646.3
    5 km S of San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala

    May 3, 2009 · 108 km deep

65. 656.3
    155 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia

    April 15, 2009 · 22 km deep

66. 666.3
    3 km SE of Sassa, Italy

    April 6, 2009 · 9 km deep

67. 676.3
    Philippine Islands region

    April 4, 2009 · 48 km deep

68. 686.3
    213 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines

    March 16, 2009 · 35 km deep

69. 696.3
    259 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama

    March 12, 2009 · 9 km deep

70. 706.3
    South Sandwich Islands region

    February 28, 2009 · 15 km deep

71. 716.3
    193 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines

    February 12, 2009 · 27 km deep

72. 726.2
    Kermadec Islands region

    November 22, 2009 · 436 km deep

73. 736.2
    100 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina

    November 14, 2009 · 220 km deep

74. 746.2
    south of Tonga

    November 2, 2009 · 9 km deep

75. 756.2
    53 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan

    October 29, 2009 · 210 km deep

76. 766.2
    39 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan

    October 22, 2009 · 186 km deep

77. 776.2
    198 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu

    October 12, 2009 · 42 km deep

78. 786.2
    Mauritius - Reunion region

    October 12, 2009 · 10 km deep

79. 796.2
    Easter Island region

    September 17, 2009 · 10 km deep

80. 806.2
    250 km S of Pundong, Indonesia

    September 7, 2009 · 23 km deep

81. 816.2
    32 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan

    September 3, 2009 · 163 km deep

82. 826.2
    Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

    September 2, 2009 · 257 km deep

83. 836.2
    8 km NE of Sagara, Japan

    August 10, 2009 · 40 km deep

84. 846.2
    97 km N of San Luis, Mexico

    August 3, 2009 · 10 km deep

85. 856.2
    80 km WNW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

    April 21, 2009 · 152 km deep

86. 866.1
    171 km W of Tual, Indonesia

    December 26, 2009 · 85 km deep

87. 876.1
    91 km E of Sarangani, Philippines

    November 28, 2009 · 39 km deep

88. 886.1
    69 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia

    October 16, 2009 · 38 km deep

89. 896.1
    59 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands

    October 8, 2009 · 45 km deep

90. 906.1
    41 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan

    October 3, 2009 · 28 km deep

91. 916.1
    54 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga

    October 2, 2009 · 8 km deep

92. 926.1
    11 km W of Trashigang, Bhutan

    September 21, 2009 · 14 km deep

93. 936.1
    120 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan

    August 17, 2009 · 15 km deep

94. 946.1
    107 km W of Te Anau, New Zealand

    August 5, 2009 · 10 km deep

95. 956.1
    66 km SSW of Hirara, Japan

    August 5, 2009 · 25 km deep

96. 966.1
    136 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia

    August 2, 2009 · 20 km deep

97. 976.1
    southern East Pacific Rise

    August 1, 2009 · 10 km deep

98. 986.1
    94 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

    July 15, 2009 · 13 km deep

99. 996.1
    10 km SSW of Tirapata, Peru

    July 12, 2009 · 199 km deep

100. 1006.1
     Baffin Bay

     July 7, 2009 · 19 km deep