Significant Earthquakes of 1938
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1938. Every quake the USGS located in 1938.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1938. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 2, 1938, Ometepec, Mexico
- February 1, 1938, New Guinea, Indonesia
- February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- February 13, 1938, Fakfak, New Guinea, Indonesia
- March 6, 1938, Papua New Guinea
- March 22, 1938, British Columbia, Canada
- April 19, 1938, Kirsehir, Turkey
- April 25, 1938, Leon,chinandega, Nicaragua
- May 6, 1938, Leon (Telica Volcano Destroyed), Nicaragua
- May 12, 1938, Papua New Guinea
- May 14, 1938, Yunnan Province, China
- May 19, 1938, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia
- May 23, 1938, Japan Trench
- May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- June 10, 1938, SW Ryukyu Islands, Japan
- June 28, 1938, Teloloapan, Mexico
- July 20, 1938, Vassilikon, Central, Greece
- August 10, 1938, Alangasi,sangolqui,tingo-Pichincha, Ecuador
- November 5, 1938, Near E Coast Honshu, Japan
- November 5, 1938, Near E Coast Honshu, Japan
- November 6, 1938, Off East Coast Honshu, Japan
- November 6, 1938, Near E Coast Honshu, Japan
- November 9, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 10, 1938, Alaska, United States
- November 13, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 22, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 30, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- December 6, 1938, Taiwan
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.