List of earthquakes in 1941

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This is a list of earthquakes in 1941. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. All dates are listed according to UTC time. With 1,200 lives lost, Saudi Arabia experienced the heaviest death toll on January 11. Other deadly quakes occurred in Iran, Turkey, Taiwan, Burma, and China. There were 20 magnitude 7.0+ events altogether. The largest event was in the north Atlantic Ocean at the Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault in November with a magnitude 8.1. Other large events struck India, Japan, and Mexico to name a few. Australia saw a couple of unusually large quakes this year.

Overall

By death toll

Rank Death toll Magnitude Location Depth (km) Date
1 1,200 6.2 Saudi Arabia Jizan Region, Saudi Arabia 35.0 January 11
2 730 6.2 Iran South Khorasan Province, Iran 35.0 February 16
3 430 6.0 Turkey Agri Province, Turkey 35.0 September 10
4 319 7.1 Taiwan Chiayi County, Taiwan 35.0 December 16
5 132 6.0 China Heilongjiang Province, China 35.0 May 5
6 51 7.0 Myanmar Shan State, Burma 25.0 December 26
7 50 6.7 China Yunnan Province, China 25.0 May 16
8 15 6.0 China Sichuan Province, China 0.0 October 8
8 15 5.9 Turkey Erzincan Province, Turkey 70.0 November 12
  • Note: At least 10 casualties

By magnitude

Rank Magnitude Death toll Location Depth (km) Date
1 8.1 0 Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault 25.0 November 25
2 7.7 1 India Andaman Islands, India 49.1 June 26
2 7.7 2 Japan east of Kyushu, Japan 0.0 November 18
3 7.6 0 Mexico Michoacan, Mexico 35.0 April 15
4 7.3 6 Costa Rica Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica 35.0 December 5
5 7.2 0 Argentina Jujuy Province, Argentina 150.1 April 3
5 7.2 0 Solomon Islands Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands 35.0 May 17
5 7.2 0 Indonesia Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi, Indonesia 35.0 November 8
6 7.1 0 New Zealand Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 35.0 August 2
6 7.1 0 Papua New Guinea southeast of New Ireland (island), Papua New Guinea 35.0 September 4
6 7.1 0 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands 35.0 November 15
6 7.1 0 South Shetland Islands 35.0 November 18
6 7.1 319 Taiwan Chiayi County, Taiwan 35.0 December 16
7 7.0 4 Papua New Guinea northeast New Britain, Papua New Guinea 35.0 January 13
7 7.0 0 Philippines Cebu Strait, Philippines 602.4 February 4
7 7.0 0 Jamaica southwest of Jamaica 15.0 April 7
7 7.0 0 Peru Apurimac Region, Peru 61.0 September 18
7 7.0 0 New Zealand Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 35.0 November 24
7 7.0 0 Costa Rica off the west coast of Costa Rica 35.0 December 6
7 7.0 51 Myanmar Shan State, Burma 25.0 December 26
  • Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Notable events

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • China A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China on June 11 at a depth of 35.0 km.[63]
  • Philippines A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck southeast of Mindanao, Philippines on June 16 at a depth of 100.0 km.[64]
  • Indonesia A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the southern Molucca Sea, Indonesia on June 18 at a depth of 35.0 km.[65]
  • A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Reykjanes Ridge on June 18 at a depth of 35.0 km. This came 54 minutes after the Indonesia quake.[66]
  • Indonesia A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the southern Molucca Sea, Indonesia on June 18 at a depth of 35.0 km. This was an aftershock of the earlier event.[67]
  • Fiji A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Fiji on June 21 at a depth of 580.0 km.[68]
  • Indonesia A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck West Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 23 at a depth of 35.0 km.[69]
  • India A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Andaman Islands, India on June 26 at a depth of 49.1 km. A tsunami was generated in the area. At least one person was killed, at least one more was injured, and massive property damage was caused. Many homes were destroyed or in need of repair. Due to the southeast of Asia being ravaged by war the true human cost was not reported. Some reports suggest as many as 7,000 may have died.[70][71][72]
  • Australia A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck South Australia on June 27 at a depth of 35.0 km. This was one of the largest quakes to strike this area.[73]
  • Mexico A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Tabasco, Mexico on June 27 at a depth of 220.0 km.[74]
  • A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Mid-Indian Ridge on June 30 at a depth of 35.0 km.[75]

July

August

September

October

  • United States A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on October 3 at a depth of 35.0 km.[110]
  • A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Southwest Indian Ridge on October 5 at a depth of 35.0 km.[111]
  • Samoa A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck southwest of Samoa on October 5 at a depth of 35.0 km.[112]
  • China A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China on October 8 at an unknown depth. Fifteen people died and a further 10 were injured. Seventy homes were wrecked.[113]
  • Peru A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Ayacucho Region, Peru on October 15 at a depth of 110.0 km.[114]

November

December

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