Earthquakes Magnitude 7.0 or Greater in 2009 - 2010 Updates!

Update: Earthquakes Magnitude 7.0 and Greater in 2009 (2010 updates)

2010 notes next to Scale below. 

	Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (km)	Magnitude	Region
1.	2009	01	03	19:43:50.6	-0.414	132.885	17	7.7	Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia
2.	2009	01	03	22:33:40.2	-0.691	133.305	23	7.4	Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia
3.	2009	01	15	17:49:39.0	46.857	155.154	36	7.4	East of Kuril Islands
4.	2009	02	11	17:34:50.8	3.884	126.397	22	7.2	Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia
5.	2009	02	18	21:53:45.1	-27.424	-176.330	25	7.0	Kermadec Islands region
6.	2009	03	19	18:17:40.9	-23.046	-174.659	34	7.6	Tonga Region
7.	2009	05	28	08:24:45.0	16.720	-86.233	10	7.3	Offshore Honduras
8.	2009	07	15	09:22:29.0	-45.762	166.562	12	7.8	Off West Coast of the South Island, N.Z.
9.	2009	08	09	10:55:55.6	33.167	137.941	297	7.1	Near the south coast of Honshu, Japan
10.	2009	08	10	19:55:35.6	14.099	92.888	5	7.5	Andaman Islands, India region
11.	2009	09	02	07:55:01.1	-7.782	107.297	46	7.0	Java, Indonesia
12.	2009	09	29	17:48:10.9	-15.489	-172.095	18	8.1	Samoa Islands region
13.	2009	09	30	10:16:09.2	-0.720	99.867	81	7.5	Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
14.	2009	10	07	22:03:15.9	-13.057	166.341	45	7.7	Vanuatu
15.	2009	10	07	22:18:53.5	-12.528	166.367	55	7.8	Santa Cruz Islands
16.	2009	10	07	23:13:48.0	-13.071	166.472	29	7.4	Vanuatu
17.	2009	11	09	10:44:54.4	-17.211	178.411	585	7.3	Fiji

There are on average 18 magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquakes each year globally.

Richter magnitudes	Description	Earthquake effects	Frequency of occurrence
Less than 2.0	Micro	Microearthquakes, not felt.	About 8,000 per day
2.0-2.9	Minor	Generally not felt, but recorded.	About 1,000 per day
3.0-3.9		Often felt, but rarely causes damage.	49,000 per year (est.)
4.0-4.9	Light	Noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises. Significant damage unlikely.	6,200 per year (est.)
5.0-5.9	Moderate	Can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. At most slight damage to well-designed buildings.	800 per year
6.0-6.9	Strong	Can be destructive in areas up to about 160 kilometres (100 mi) across in populated areas.	120 per year
7.0-7.9	Major	Can cause serious damage over larger areas. (Haiti in 2010 was 7.0)	18 per year
8.0-8.9	Great	Can cause serious damage in areas several hundred miles across. (Chile 8.8 Feb 2010)	1 per year
9.0-9.9		Devastating in areas several thousand miles across.	1 per 20 years
10.0+	Epic	Never recorded .	Extremely rare (Unknown)

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