- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 16, 1941 CE
- Location:
- 43 km WSW of Q?’en, Iran
- Magnitude:
- 6.3 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7.459
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1941 CE
- Yemen, Razih · Ms 5.9 · 1,200 deaths
- Iran, Mohammadabad · Mw 6.3 · 730 deaths
- Turkey, Van, Ercis · Mw 6 · 430 deaths
- Taiwan · M 7.1 · 319 deaths
- China, Heilongjiang Province · Ms 6 · 132 deaths
- Mexico, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco · Mw 7.6 · 84 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.3 - 43 km WSW of Q?’en, Iran (1941 CE) happen?
- February 16, 1941 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.