Significant Earthquakes of 1939

• January 2, 1939, TurkeyM5.3
• January 25, 1939, Chillan, ChileM8.3 · 30,000 deaths · $920 million · tsunami
• January 27, 1939, Calabria, Italytsunami
• January 30, 1939, Bougainville Island, Papua New GuineaM7.7 · 5 deaths · tsunami
• March 20, 1939, Seikaido, JapanM6.6 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed · tsunami
• April 18, 1939, North Central, ChileM7.4 · tsunami
• April 30, 1939, Solomon IslandsM7.9 · 12 deaths · tsunami
• May 1, 1939, NW, Honshu, JapanM7 · 27 deaths · 479 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 6, 1939, Luzon Island, Mindor Island, PhilippinesM6.5 · tsunami
• May 8, 1939, Atlantic, AzoresM6.7 · tsunami
• June 22, 1939, Accra, GhanaM6.4 · 22 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · tsunami
• June 24, 1939, Pomacanchi, Peru37 deaths
• August 15, 1939, Santa Clara, CubaM5.6 · tsunami
• September 19, 1939, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.5 · 2 deaths
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths
• October 11, 1939, Chuquibamba, Peru
• November 21, 1939, Erzincan, TurkeyM5.9 · 13 deaths
• November 21, 1939, AfghanistanM6.9
• December 21, 1939, Kalo,luwuk,sula I, Centrtal Sulawesi, IndonesiaM8 · tsunami
• December 26, 1939, Erzincan, TurkeyM7.8 · 32,700 deaths · $20 million · 120,000 houses destroyed · tsunami

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.