- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 22, 1943 CE
- Location:
- Mexico, Guerrero: Paricutin Volcano Forms
- Magnitude:
- 7.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
- Deaths:
- 5
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7
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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.4
Other earthquake records of 1943 CE
- Turkey, Ladik, Samsun, Havza · Mw 7.5 · 4,020 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: S · M 7.4 · 1,400 deaths
- Turkey, Anatolia: Ne · 550 deaths
- Turkey, Hendek, Adapazari · Mw 6.4 · 285 deaths
- Indonesia, Java: Jogyakarta · Ms 8.1 · 213 deaths
- Peru, Yanacoa, Pampamarca · Ms 5 · 75 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1943 CE Earthquake — Mexico, Guerrero: Paricutin Volcano Forms happen?
- February 22, 1943 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 5. Historical death tolls vary by source.