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Historic Earthquake
2009 Andaman Islands Earthquake
10 August 2009 · Andaman I · India
On 10 August 2009 at 19:55 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck India (Andaman I), at a depth of 5 km. It occurred on the Burma Plate, 51 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (collision zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 10 August 2009
- Time
- 19:55 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 5 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- India
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19411941 Andaman Islands Earthquake · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth