According to the USGS/NEIC on-line Earthquake Search in the second half of 2009 the following earthquakes appear to be from M8.0+ and M7.5+ ranges -

Date and Time

Lat

Lon

Depth

Magnitudes (mb, MS)

Prediction

2009/07/15 9:22

-45.762

166.562

12

6.5

7.7

outside the test area

2009/08/10 19:55

14.099

92.888

4

6.9

7.6

outside the test area

2009/09/29 17:48

-15.489

-172.095

18

7.1

8.1

M8-MSc

2009/09/30 10:16

-0.720

99.867

81

7.1

7.5MW

M8 only

2009/10/07 22:03

-13.006

166.510

45

6.4

7.7MW

failure-to-predict

2009/10/07 22:18

-12.517

166.382

35

6.4

7.9

failure-to-predict


According to "The 2009b Update of the M8-MSc predictions" (sent on July 21, 2009):
(i) The 15 July 2009 (SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND) and 10 August 2009 (ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION) happened in the areas of low level of seismic static outside the territories considered in the Global Test of M8-MSc predictions. However, while the first of these is about a thousand km away from any CI, the second one is just at 100 km distance from CI#29 (Nicobar Islands, India Region), which was (and remains) in alert.
(ii) The 29 September 2009 (SAMOA ISLANDS REGION) earthquake confirmed predictions for M8.0+ and M7.5+.
(iii) The 30 September 2009 (SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA) earthquake confirmed the M8 predictions for M7.5+.
(iv) The 07 October 2009 (VANUATU and SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS) earthquakes separated by less than 16 minutes and 60 km are the two "failures-to-predict" M7.5+ events. However, it appears notable that the epicenters of this paired occurrence are next to the area M8-MSc predictions for M8.0+.


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