Significant Earthquakes of 1947
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1947. Every quake the USGS located in 1947.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1947. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 25, 1947, La Union, El Salvador, Nicaragua
- February 24, 1947, Conzata, Bolivia
- March 17, 1947, Qinghai Province, China
- March 25, 1947, Off Coast North Island, New Zealand
- March 26, 1947, Yunnan Province, China
- April 10, 1947, California, United States
- May 6, 1947, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- May 17, 1947, Off Coast North Island, New Zealand
- June 7, 1947, Sichuan Province, China
- July 10, 1947, Shirvan, Iran
- July 14, 1947, Pasto, Colombia
- July 29, 1947, India-China
- August 5, 1947, Gwadar, Pakistan
- August 6, 1947, Algeria
- September 23, 1947, Dustabad, Iran
- October 6, 1947, Pylia (Messinia), S, Greece
- November 1, 1947, Satipo,andamarca,acobamba,la Merced,victoc, Peru
- November 4, 1947, W. Hokkaido Island, Japan
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.