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New York earthquakes in 1941

The USGS located no earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or more in New York in 1941, out of 442 worldwide.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1941 was located in New York. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1941

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

None of magnitude 2.5 or more. New York’s quakes that year, if any, were smaller than the catalog lists here.

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

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Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.