This is a list of earthquakes in 1943. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury, or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The planet experienced an unusually busy year, with twenty-nine earthquakes that reached 7.0 or greater. The largest occurred in Chile and measured a magnitude of 8.1, but Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Turkey, the United States, Japan and Russia all had large events above magnitude 7.0. The year was characterised by a number of quakes that caused substantial deaths. Faring worst was Turkey, which had three separate deadly events, including the deadliest of the year in November. Japan had an earthquake in September which caused 1,400 deaths.

Overall

By death toll

Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date 1 , Cankiri Province 2 , Tottori Prefecture, Honshu 3 , Kocaeli Province 4 , south of Java, Dutch East Indies 5 , Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan 6 , Cusco Region 7 , Bordj Bou Arreridj Province, Algeria 8 , Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina = 9 , off the coast of Guerrero = 9 , Coquimbo Region Note: At least 10 casualties

By magnitude

Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date 1 Coquimbo Region = 2 , east of Mindanao, Philippines = 2 , southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies = 3 , north of Puerto Rico = 3 , Aru Islands, Dutch East Indies = 4 , southern Alaska = 4 , western Kamchatka Krai, Russia 5 , Cankiri Province = 6 , off the coast of Guerrero = 6 , southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies = 6 north of Macquarie Island = 7 , Tarapaca Region = 7 , southeast of Luzon, Philippines = 7 , off the northeast coast of Honshu = 7 , Assam = 7 , Vanuatu = 7 , East Sepik Province, New Guinea = 8 , Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies = 8 , southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies = 9 , Puno Region = 9 , Badakhshan Province = 9 , South Sandwich Islands = 9 , Northern Mariana Islands = 9 , south of Java, Dutch East Indies = 9 , Vanuatu = 9 , Tottori Prefecture, Honshu = 9 , south of Honshu, Japan = 9 , Tarapaca Region = 9 , west of Bougainville Island, New Guinea Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Notable events

January

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan 6.3 35.0 , Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0 0.0 19 people were killed and some damage was reported. Magnitude and depth unknown. 19 , Guayas Province 6.1 58.7 Many homes were damaged. , Cusco Region 5.0 0.0 75 people were killed and 200 more were injured. Some damage was caused. Depth unknown. 75 200

February

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , off the coast of Pakistan 6.2 35.0 , Puno Region 7.0 120.0 , off the coast of Guerrero 7.4 20.0 11 people were killed and major damage was reported. 11 , Badakhshan Province 7.0 207.5

March

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , South Sandwich Islands 7.0 20.0 , southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 6.5 35.0 Foreshock. , Tarapaca Region 7.2 120.0 , southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 6.9 35.0 , western Caroline Islands 6.8 35.0 6.8 297.9 , West New Britain Province, New Guinea 6.6 35.0 6.9 85.0 , off the west coast of Madagascar 6.0 35.0

April

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies 7.1 35.0 , Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan 6.5 100.0 At least 101 people were killed. Many homes were destroyed. 101+ , San Martin Region 6.5 140.0 , Coquimbo Region 8.1 35.0 Due to the 1943 Ovalle earthquake 11 people lost their lives. Some damage was reported as well as a small tsunami. The tsunami caused minor damage. 11 , Northern Mariana Islands 7.0 157.5 , off the east coast of Honshu 6.8 15.0 , Bordj Bou Arreridj Province, Algeria 5.0 0.0 At least 51 people were killed. Depth unknown. 51+ 6.5 530.0

May

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , south of 6.8 20.0 , southeast of Luzon, Philippines 7.2 15.0 , Coquimbo Region 6.2 35.0 , east of Mindanao, Philippines 7.8 15.0 , off the west coast 6.5 35.0 6.5 630.0

June

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Tonga 6.5 35.0 , southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies 7.4 15.0 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes. Foreshock. , southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies 7.8 10.0 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes. , off the northeast coast of Honshu 7.2 35.0 , off the northeast coast of Honshu 6.5 0.0 Aftershock. , off the northeast coast of Honshu 6.4 31.0 Aftershock. , Kocaeli Province 6.2 35.0 The 1943 Adapazari-Hendek earthquake resulted in 285 deaths and major damage. 285 , Sichuan Province 5.0 0.0 At least 1 person died and some homes collapsed. 1+ , Celebes Sea, Dutch East Indies 6.5 180.0 , Flores Sea, Dutch East Indies 6.8 720.0

July

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Arequipa Region 6.8 35.0 , south of the Kermadec Islands 6.7 15.0 , off south coast of Java, Dutch East Indies 7.0 60.0 213 people were killed and 2,096 were injured in the 1943 Central Java earthquake. 2,800 homes sustained damage. 213 2,096 , north of Puerto Rico 7.7 15.0 No fatalities, minor tsunami in the 1943 Puerto Rico earthquake. , northwest of Puerto Rico 6.5 35.0 Aftershock

August

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Vanuatu 7.0 225.0 , Southland District, South Island 6.7 15.0 , Escuintla Department 6.8 87.5

September

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , north of Macquarie Island 7.4 10.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.2 200.0 , Tottori Prefecture, Japan 7.0 15.0 1,400 people were killed in the 1943 Tottori earthquake. 7,739 homes were destroyed. 1,400 , southeast of the Loyalty Islands 6.5 15.0 , southeast of the Loyalty Islands 6.7 15.0 , Kermadec Islands 6.9 35.0 , north of North Island 6.8 35.0 , Quetzaltenango Department 6.8 91.8 , Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 6.8 120.0

October

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Nagano Prefecture, Honshu 6.0 35.0 , Dodecanese Islands, Greece 6.2 110.0 , Assam 7.2 15.0 Some damage was reported in Myanmar.

November

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , southern Alaska 7.6 15.0 , Aru Islands, Dutch East Indies 7.7 15.0 , Kuril Islands 6.8 65.0 , Vanuatu 7.2 35.0 , off the south coast of Honshu 7.0 335.0 , off the east coast of Taiwan 6.5 20.0 , southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies 7.1 140.0 , Cankiri Province 7.5 20.0 The 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake caused 4,020 deaths. 5,000 people were injured. 40,000 homes were destroyed. 4,020 5,000 , western Kamchatka Krai 7.6 350.0 Some damage was reported. , Catamarca Province 6.4 15.0

December

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , East Sepik Province, New Guinea 7.2 119.7 , Tarapaca Region 7.0 114.2 , off the east coast of Taiwan 6.8 15.0 , Oaxaca 6.0 60.0 , Pastaza Province 6.2 130.0 , off the northeast coast 6.5 35.0 , west of Bougainville Island, New Guinea 7.0 35.0

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