- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 10, 2009 CE
- Location:
- India, Andaman I
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 5 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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
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: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2009 CE Earthquake — India, Andaman I happen?
- August 10, 2009 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.