World Map › Major Earthquakes Since 1900 › 1941
Historic Earthquake
1941 Andaman Islands Earthquake
26 June 1941 · Andaman Islands, Madras · India
On 26 June 1941 at 11:52 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck India (Andaman Islands, Madras), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Burma Plate, 107 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 26 June 1941
- Time
- 11:52 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 20 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- India
- Nearest Volcano
- Barren Island (139 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20092009 Andaman Islands Earthquake · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth