June 5, 1942 Earthquake: Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina

Name: June 5, 1942 Earthquake: Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina
Start: 1942-06-05
Location: Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina

June 5, 1942

An earthquake struck Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina on June 5, 1942.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: June 5, 1942
Place: Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 34.600° S, 67.900° W
Country: Argentina

The toll

Damage: Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1942 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1942 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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. NCEI earthquake 3706.