List of earthquakes in 1942


This is a list of earthquakes in 1942. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to UTC time. This year saw an average number of magnitude 7.0+ events. The dominant event this year in terms of deaths was in December in Turkey with 1,000 of the 1,489 deaths for the year. Other deadly events occurred elsewhere in Turkey. Ecuador, China and Albania had earthquakes causing dozens of deaths. An unusually large quake struck the Southwest Indian Ridge in November with a magnitude of 8.0. Spreading ridges usually have smaller magnitude events.

Overall

By death toll

RankDeath tollMagnitudeLocationMMIDepth Date
1, Samsun Province
2200, Manabi Province
390, Yunnan Province
451, Inner Mongolia
543, Diber County
638, off the west coast of Guatemala
730, Ayacucho Region
817, Corum Province
916, Balikesir Province

RankMagnitudeDeath tollLocationMMIDepth Date
130, Ayacucho Region
20Southwest Indian Ridge
3200, Manabi Province
438, off the west coast of Guatemala
50, south of Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia
= 60, west of Mindoro, Philippines
= 60, Kuril Islands
= 70, Papua, Indonesia
= 70, Mindanao, Philippines
= 70central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
80
= 90, Northern Mariana Islands
= 90 Wellington Region, North Island
= 90, southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
= 9, Samsun Province

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December