Significant Earthquakes of 1940
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1940. Every quake the USGS located in 1940.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1940. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 15, 1940, San Juan, Argentina
- January 15, 1940, Italy
- January 19, 1940, Nei Mongol, China
- February 20, 1940, Kayseri,develi, Turkey
- February 20, 1940, Corinto,chinandega, Nicaragua
- April 6, 1940, Yunnan Province, China
- May 7, 1940, Turkey-Cis
- May 19, 1940, California, Mexico, United States
- May 24, 1940, Peru
- June 19, 1940, Yunnan Province, China
- July 14, 1940, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
- August 1, 1940, W. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- August 5, 1940, Liaoning Province, China
- October 4, 1940, Northern, Chile
- October 11, 1940, South Central, Chile
- November 10, 1940, Romania
- December 24, 1940, New Hampshire, Maine, United States
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.