July 21, 2009

According to the USGS/NEIC on-line Earthquake Search in the second half of 2009 the following earthquake appears to be from M8.0+ range –

Date and Time

Lat

Lon

Depth

Magnitudes (mb, MS)

Prediction

2009/09/29 17:48

-15.489

-172.095

18

7.1

8.1

M8-MSc

According to “The 2009b Update of the M8-MSc predictions” (sent on July 21, 2009) the 29 September 2009 (SAMOA ISLANDS REGION) confirmed predictions for M8.0+.