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Earthquakes in 1922
Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 1922
Strongest magnitude Chile, Atacama Region 11 November (Magnitude 8.5) Deadliest Chile, Atacama Region , 11 November (Magnitude 8.5) 700 deaths Total fatalities 710 9.0+ 0 8.0−8.9 1 7.0−7.9 11 6.0−6.9 45 5.0−5.9 0
This is a list of earthquakes in 1922 . 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 dominant event of the year both in terms of magnitude and death toll was in Chile. In November a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck the Atacama Region . This was one of the largest events of the 20th century. In spite of the magnitude only 700 deaths were caused. Peru , Russia and Taiwan had several magnitude 7.0+ events.
Overall [ ]
By death toll [ ]
Rank
Death toll
Magnitude
Location
MMI
Depth (km)
Date
1
700
8.5
Chile, Atacama Region
XI (Extreme )
70.0
11 November
Note : At least 10 casualties
By magnitude [ ]
Rank
Magnitude
Death toll
Location
MMI
Depth (km)
Date
1
8.5
700
Chile, Atacama Region
XI (Extreme )
70.0
11 November
2
7.9
0
Peru, Loreto Region
( )
475.0
17 January
3
7.6
0
Peru, Arequipa Region
VII (Very strong )
160.0
11 October
= 4
7.3
0
United States, off the coast of northern California
( )
15.0
31 January
= 4
7.3
0
Russia, Kuril Islands
( )
35.0
24 October
= 4
7.3
0
Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province
( )
239.9
6 December
= 5
7.1
0
Russia, Kamchatka Krai
( )
241.4
4 March
= 5
7.1
0
Bolivia, Potosi Department
( )
136.4
28 March
= 5
7.1
5
Taiwan, east of
( )
20.0
1 September
= 6
7.0
0
Indonesia, west of Sumba
( )
35.0
9 May
= 6
7.0
0
Taiwan, Hsinchu County
( )
15.0
14 October
= 6
7.0
0
Chile, off the coast of Atacama Region
( )
25.0
7 November
Note : At least 7.0 magnitude
Notable events [ ]
January [ ]
January Strongest magnitude 7.9 Mw Peru Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 2 6.0−6.9 4
Date
Country and location
Mw
Depth (km)
MMI
Notes
Casualties
Dead
Injured
1 [1]
Fiji
6.6
15.0
6 [2]
Peru, off the southern coast of
6.8
15.0
17 [3]
Peru, Loreto Region
7.9
475.0
19 [4] [5]
Papua New Guinea, Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
6.9
15.0
Some homes were destroyed.
22 [6]
Japan, off the east coast of Honshu
6.5
35.0
31[7]
Malaysia , Peninsula
5.4
Rare and widely felt earthquake from Singapore in the south to Taiping in the north. Minor damage at Muar.[7] Magnitude estimated from felt intensities.[7]
31 [8] [9]
United States, off the coast of northern California
7.3
15.0
Some damage was reported.
February [ ]
February Strongest magnitude 6.4 Mw Nicaragua Deadliest 6.3 Mw Philippines 5 deaths Total fatalities 5 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 0 6.0−6.9 2
Date
Country and location
Mw
Depth (km)
MMI
Notes
Casualties
Dead
Injured
16 [10] [11]
Nicaragua, off the west coast of
6.4
25.0
Major damage was reported.
27 [12]
Philippines, east of Cebu
6.3
0.0
5 people were killed and some damage was caused.
5
March [ ]
March Strongest magnitude 7.1 Mw 2 events Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 2 6.0−6.9 3
Date
Country and location
Mw
Depth (km)
MMI
Notes
Casualties
Dead
Injured
1 [13]
Philippines, south of Negros (island)
6.0
0.0
VIII
Some homes were damaged.
4 [14]
Russia, Kamchatka Krai
7.1
241.4
10 [15]
United States, southern California
6.5
10.0
10 [16]
Fiji, south of
6.6
570.0
28 [17]
Bolivia, Potosi Department
7.1
136.4
April [ ]
April Strongest magnitude 6.8 Mw 2 events Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 0 6.0−6.9 5
May [ ]
May Strongest magnitude 7.0 Mw Indonesia Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 1 6.0−6.9 5
June [ ]
June Strongest magnitude 6.9 Mw Mexico Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 0 6.0−6.9 2
Date
Country and location
Mw
Depth (km)
MMI
Notes
Casualties
Dead
Injured
2 [29]
Philippines, east of Mindanao
6.6
15.0
12 [30]
Mexico, southern Gulf of California
6.9
10.0
July [ ]
July Strongest magnitude 6.6 Mw 3 events Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 0 6.0−6.9 4
August [ ]
August Strongest magnitude 6.7 Mw Greece Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 0 6.0−6.9 6
Date
Country and location
Mw
Depth (km)
MMI
Notes
Casualties
Dead
Injured
11 [35]
Greece, east of Crete
6.3
20.0
13 [36]
Greece, Dodecanese Islands
6.7
15.0
14 [37]
Russia, Amur Oblast
6.6
15.0
16 [38]
Russia, off the east coast of Kamchatka
6.6
45.0
25 [39]
Mongolia, Uvs Province
6.6
10.0
29 [40]
Philippines, Mindoro
6.5
15.0
September [ ]
September Strongest magnitude 7.1 Mw Taiwan Deadliest 7.1 Mw Taiwan 5 deaths Total fatalities 5 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 1 6.0−6.9 2
Date
Country and location
Mw
Depth (km)
MMI
Notes
Casualties
Dead
Injured
1 [41] [42]
Taiwan, east of
7.1
20.0
5 people were killed and another 7 were injured. 139 homes were destroyed.
5
7
4 [43]
Brazil, Acre (state)
6.7
635.8
14 [44]
Taiwan, east of
6.9
25.0
October [ ]
October Strongest magnitude 7.6 Mw Peru Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 3 6.0−6.9 3
November [ ]
November Strongest magnitude 8.5 Mw Chile Deadliest 8.5 Mw Chile 700 deaths Total fatalities 700 8.0−8.9 1 7.0−7.9 1 6.0−6.9 2
December [ ]
December Strongest magnitude 7.3 Mw Afghanistan Total fatalities 0 8.0−8.9 0 7.0−7.9 1 6.0−6.9 7
References [ ]
^ "M 6.6 – Fiji region" . United States Geological Survey . 1 January 1922. Retrieved 20 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.8 – near the coast of southern Peru" . United States Geological Survey . 6 January 1922. Retrieved 20 December 2015 .
^ "M 7.9 – northern Peru" . United States Geological Survey . 17 January 1922. Retrieved 20 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.9 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea" . United States Geological Survey . 19 January 1922. Retrieved 20 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: BISMARCK SEA" . National Geophysical Data Center . 19 January 1922. Retrieved 20 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 22 January 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ a b c Martin, Stacey Servito; Wang, Yu; Muzli, Muzli; Wei, Shengji (27 May 2020). "The 1922 Peninsula Malaysia Earthquakes: Rare Intraplate Seismicity within the Sundaland Block in Southeast Asia" . Seismological Research Letters . doi :10.1785/0220200052 . ISSN 0895-0695 .
^ "M 7.3 – off the coast of Northern California" . United States Geological Survey . 31 January 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: CALIFORNIA: NORTHERN" . National Geophysical Data Center . 31 January 1922. Retrieved 23 June 2018 .
^ "M 6.4 – near the coast of Nicaragua" . United States Geological Survey . 16 February 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: NICARAGUA" . National Geophysical Data Center . 16 February 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: PHILIPPINES: CEBU ISLAND, MACTAN ISLAND" . National Geophysical Data Center . 27 February 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: PHILIPPINES: SIATON,ZAMBOANGUITA" . National Geophysical Data Center . 1 March 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 4 March 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.5 – Greater Los Angeles area, California" . United States Geological Survey . 10 March 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 10 March 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 28 March 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.4 – Unimak Island region, Alaska" . United States Geological Survey . 2 April 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.8 – near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia" . United States Geological Survey . 5 April 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.5 – Jan Mayen Island region" . United States Geological Survey . 8 April 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.5 – east of the Kuril Islands" . United States Geological Survey . 25 April 1922. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 26 April 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.7 – Myanmar" . United States Geological Survey . 2 May 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – Kuril Islands" . United States Geological Survey . 4 May 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 7.0 – Sumbawa region, Indonesia" . United States Geological Survey . 9 May 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "On-Line Bulletin" . International Seismological Centre . 11 May 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – southeast of the Loyalty Islands" . United States Geological Survey . 12 May 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.5 – Hokkaido, Japan region" . United States Geological Survey . 15 May 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – Philippine Islands region" . United States Geological Survey . 2 June 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.9 – Gulf of California" . United States Geological Survey . 12 June 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M6.6 – Alaska Peninsula" . United States Geological Survey . 2 July 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 5 July 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 10 July 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 11 July 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.3 – eastern Mediterranean Sea" . United States Geological Survey . 11 August 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.7 – Dodecanese Islands, Greece" . United States Geological Survey . 13 August 1922. Retrieved 23 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 14 August 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia" . United States Geological Survey . 16 August 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – Russia-Mongolia border region" . United States Geological Survey . 25 August 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.5 – Mindoro, Philippines" . United States Geological Survey . 29 August 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 7.1 – Taiwan" . United States Geological Survey . 1 September 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: TAIWAN" . National Geophysical Data Center . 1 September 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 4 September 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.9 – Taiwan region" . United States Geological Survey . 14 September 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 11 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: PERU: CARAVELI" . National Geophysical Data Center . 11 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 7.0 – Taiwan" . United States Geological Survey . 14 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.3 – southern Xinjiang, China" . United States Geological Survey . 16 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.5 – Andaman Islands, India region" . United States Geological Survey . 17 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 24 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: RUSSIA: KURIL ISLANDS" . National Geophysical Data Center . 24 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.4 – Taiwan" . United States Geological Survey . 27 October 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 7.0 – offshore Atacama, Chile" . United States Geological Survey . 7 November 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 8.5 – Atacama, Chile" . United States Geological Survey . 11 November 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: CHILE: ATACAMA" . National Geophysical Data Center . 11 November 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Tsunami Event: NORTHERN CHILE" . National Geophysical Data Center . 11 November 1922. Retrieved 30 June 2018 .
^ "M 6.6 – Atacama, Chile" . United States Geological Survey . 11 November 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.7 – offshore Coquimbo, Chile" . United States Geological Survey . 17 November 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 6 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – Kyushu, Japan" . United States Geological Survey . 7 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Centennial Earthquake Catalog" . United States Geological Survey . 8 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.6 – Hokkaido, Japan region" . United States Geological Survey . 8 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "On-Line Bulletin" . International Seismological Centre . 17 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "On-Line Bulletin" . International Seismological Centre . 18 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Significant Earthquake: SE. NEW ZEALAND" . National Geophysical Data Center . 25 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "M 6.8 – Kuril Islands" . United States Geological Survey . 31 December 1922. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
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