2009 Samoa Islands Region Earthquake
uploaded on October 6, 2009
updated on October 7, 2009
Mainshock
- Origin time: September 29, 2009 at 17:48:10 UTC (USGS)
- Location: 15.509°S 172.034°E (USGS)
- Depth: 18 km (USGS)
- Magnitude: 8.0 (USGS)
Information in our site
- Tsunami Simulation by Dr. Fujii
- Aftershock Distribution and the Mainshock Fault Plane by MJHD method by Dr. Hurukawa
- Determination of earthquake magnitudes using duration of high-frequency energy radiation and maximum displacement amplitudes by Dr. Hara
- Samoa in IISEE-NET
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Earthquake catalogs in our site
- IISEE's CMTs, Aftershock Distributions, Fault planes, and Rupture processes for recent large earthquakes in the world
- Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (from ancient times through June, 2009)
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