M6.1 earthquake 39 km ESE of ??mitah, Saudi Arabia
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 39 km ESE of ??mitah, Saudi Arabia on Sat, Jan 11, 1941, 11:38 AM GMT+3:06:52 (08:32 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1941-01-11 08:32:01 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.514° N, 43.305° E
- Region
- Saudi Arabia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 8182), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 1,200
- Injuries
- 200
- Houses destroyed
- 700
- Houses damaged
- 1,000
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem900618. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:49 AM UTC.