India earthquakes in 1938
9 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1938. The largest: M6.3 167 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India, Nov 21, 1938.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1938 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1938
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 6.3167 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 15 km deep
- 5.6283 km SE of Port Blair, India · 15 km deep
- 6.1258 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 35 km deep
- 5.5Nicobar Islands, India region · 15 km deep
- 5.6272 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 15 km deep
- 5.9173 km SSE of Kanniy?kum?ri, India · 15 km deep
- 5.541 km SE of Kakching, India · 35 km deep
- 6.133 km SSE of Khargone, India · 15 km deep
- 5.5131 km WSW of Bamboo Flat, India · 15 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1938 | 0 | ||
| February 1938 | 0 | ||
| March 1938 | 2 | 6.1 | 33 km SSE of Khargone, India |
| April 1938 | 0 | ||
| May 1938 | 1 | 5.5 | 41 km SE of Kakching, India |
| June 1938 | 0 | ||
| July 1938 | 0 | ||
| August 1938 | 0 | ||
| September 1938 | 1 | 5.9 | 173 km SSE of Kanniy?kum?ri, India |
| October 1938 | 4 | 6.1 | 258 km SSE of Port Blair, India |
| November 1938 | 1 | 6.3 | 167 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India |
| December 1938 | 0 |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.