September 22, 2009 Earthquake: Mornington, Australia

Name: September 22, 2009 Earthquake: Mornington, Australia
Start: 2009-09-22
Location: Mornington, Australia

September 22, 2009 · M3.1

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck Mornington, Australia on September 22, 2009 at 08:20:41 UTC, 0 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: September 22, 2009
Time: 08:20:41 UTC
Place: Mornington, Australia
Magnitude: 3.1 (ML)
Focal depth: 0 km (0 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 38.280° S, 145.250° E
Country: Australia
Region: Central and South Pacific
USGS record: The USGS’s page for this earthquake

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Some damage in the Mornington area. Felt at Berwick, Carrum Downs, Cockatoo, Cranbourne, Frankston, Langwarrin, Narre Warren, Pakenham and Pearcedale.

From the USGS event page for usp000h1rz. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Some damage in the Mornington area. Felt at

Berwick, Carrum Downs, Cockatoo, Cranbourne,

Frankston, Langwarrin, Narre Warren, Pakenham and

Pearcedale. (reference #1053)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#1053 National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) (1971 to 2013). Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE), a weekly and monthly publication, National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1971 to 2013.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2009 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2009 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 8535. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event usp000h1rz, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.