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India earthquakes in 1941

16 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1941. The largest: M8.0 43 km N of Bamboo Flat, India, Jun 26, 1941.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1941 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1941

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 194126.023 km WSW of Udalguri, India
February 194115.742 km NE of Hayuliang, India
March 19410
April 19410
May 194115.529 km E of Tezpur, India
June 194148.043 km N of Bamboo Flat, India
July 194135.833 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India
August 194135.8Nicobar Islands, India region
September 194115.541 km NNW of Udalguri, India
October 194115.5101 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India
November 19410
December 19410

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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

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India nowWorldwide in 1941

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.