- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 11, 2009 CE
- Location:
- Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 mb
- Depth:
- 21.6 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7.2
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.6
Other earthquake records of 2009 CE
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Padang · Mw 7.5 · 1,117 deaths
- Italy, L'aquila · Mw 6.3 · 309 deaths
- Samoa Islands · Mw 8.1 · 192 deaths
- Indonesia, Java · Mw 7 · 81 deaths
- Costa Rica, La Paz · Mw 6.1 · 23 deaths
- Afghanistan, Nangarhar · Mb 5.4 · 19 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.5 - Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia (2009 CE) happen?
- February 11, 2009 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.