Significant Earthquakes of 2009

• January 3, 2009, Near North Coast, Papua New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.6 · 5 deaths · tsunami
• January 3, 2009, Near North Coast, Papua New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.3 · tsunami
• January 8, 2009, La Paz, Costa RicaM6.1 · 23 deaths · $502 million · 518 houses destroyed
• January 15, 2009, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.4 · tsunami
• January 21, 2009, Paccha, PeruM4.6 · 50 houses destroyed
• February 11, 2009, Kepulauan Talaud, IndonesiaM7.2 · tsunami
• February 20, 2009, Kashmir, Pakistan, IndiaM5.4
• February 20, 2009, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM5.5 · 331 houses destroyed
• March 19, 2009, Tonga IslandsM7.6 · tsunami
• March 26, 2009, Chaibasa, IndiaM4.1
• March 31, 2009, San Juan del Rio Coco, NicaraguaM4.4 · 3 houses destroyed
• April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, ItalyM6.3 · 309 deaths · $2.5 billion · 15,000 houses destroyed
• April 7, 2009, L'Aquila, ItalyM5.5 · 1 death
• April 9, 2009, Jaisalmer, IndiaM5.2
• April 16, 2009, Nangarhar, AfghanistanM5.4 · 19 deaths · 200 houses destroyed
• May 17, 2009, Western, Saudi ArabiaM4.6
• May 19, 2009, Western, Saudi ArabiaM5.7
• May 19, 2009, Kashmir, IndiaM4.9
• May 24, 2009, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM5.3
• May 28, 2009, Northern, Belize, HondurasM7.3 · 7 deaths · $100 million · 135 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 29, 2009, Tongoa, Vanuatu IslandsM5.7
• June 2, 2009, Tongoa, Vanuatu IslandsM6.3
• June 13, 2009, Tekeli, KazakhstanM5.4 · 1 death
• June 23, 2009, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.7 · tsunami
• July 1, 2009, Crete, GreeceM6.4 · tsunami
• July 4, 2009, Panama CityM6
• July 9, 2009, Yaoan County, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.7
• July 15, 2009, Off West Coast of South Island, New ZealandM7.8 · tsunami
• July 24, 2009, Gyungcan, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM5.8 · 6 houses destroyed
• August 8, 2009, Rongchang, Chongqing Province, ChinaM3.4 · 2 deaths · 440 houses destroyed
• August 10, 2009, S Coast, Honshu, JapanM6.4 · 1 death · tsunami
• August 10, 2009, Andaman I, IndiaM7.5 · tsunami
• August 16, 2009, Padang, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.7 · tsunami
• August 28, 2009, Qinghai Province, ChinaM6.2
• August 30, 2009, Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), IndiaM5.2
• September 2, 2009, Java, IndonesiaM7 · 81 deaths · tsunami
• September 6, 2009, Northwestern, GeorgiaM6
• September 12, 2009, Carabobo, VenezuelaM6.3
• September 18, 2009, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, PhilippinesM5.7
• September 18, 2009, Denpasar, Bali, IndonesiaM5.7
• September 21, 2009, Tashigang, BhutanM6.1 · 11 deaths
• September 22, 2009, Mornington, AustraliaM3.1
• September 29, 2009, Samoa IslandsM8.1 · 192 deaths · $285 million · tsunami
• September 30, 2009, Padang, Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.5 · 1,117 deaths · $2.2 billion · tsunami
• October 1, 2009, Kerinci, Southern, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.6 · 3 deaths · $10 million
• October 7, 2009, Vanuatu IslandsM7.6 · tsunami
• October 7, 2009, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon IslandsM7.8
• October 9, 2009, Tena, EcuadorM5.4
• October 22, 2009, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 5 deaths
• October 29, 2009, Mongar, Pemagatsel, Tashigang, BhutanM5.3 · 1 house destroyed
• November 1, 2009, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.9 · 1,000 houses destroyed
• November 3, 2009, Bandar Abbas, IranM5.1
• November 8, 2009, Bima, Sumabawa, IndonesiaM6.6 · 2 deaths · $2.4 million
• November 27, 2009, Siquisique, VenezuelaM5.4
• December 6, 2009, Carletonville, South AfricaM3.5 · 2 deaths
• December 8, 2009, Karonga, MalawiM5.9 · 1 death
• December 12, 2009, Satara, Maharashtra, IndiaM5.1
• December 17, 2009, Ito, Honshu, JapanM4.9
• December 19, 2009, Karonga, MalawiM6 · 3 deaths · 1,111 houses destroyed
• December 19, 2009, Hualien, TaiwanM6.4
• December 30, 2009, Mexicali, MexicoM5.9
• December 31, 2009, Dametsi, BhutanM5.2

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.