List of earthquakes in 1938
By magnitude
Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

List of earthquakes in 1938

Section Title: By magnitude
Table Section Text: Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	Depth (km)	Date

1	8.5	0	Indonesia Banda Sea, Indonesia	25.0	February 1

2	8.3	0	United States south of the Alaska Peninsula	35.0	November 10

3	7.8	1	Japan off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	35.0	November 5

4	7.7	0	Papua New Guinea Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea	35.0	May 12

4	7.7	17	Indonesia Makassar Strait, Indonesia	35.0	May 19

4	7.7	0	Japan off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	15.0	May 23

4	7.7	0	Japan Ryukyu Islands, Japan	20.0	June 10

4	7.7	0	Japan off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	35.0	November 5

4	7.7	0	Japan off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	30.0	November 6

5	7.6	0	Japan off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	25.0	November 6

6	7.5	0	Japan Ryukyu Islands, Japan	20.0	June 16

7	7.3	0	Indonesia Molucca Sea, Indonesia	15.0	October 10

7	7.3	0	Indonesia northwest of Timor, Indonesia	90.0	October 20

8	7.2	0	Taiwan Hualien County, Taiwan	15.0	September 7

9	7.1	0	Philippines west of Luzon, Philippines	15.0	May 23

9	7.1	0	New Caledonia Loyalty Islands	35.0	May 30

9	7.1	0	Mongolia Bayan-Olgii Province, Mongolia	10.0	October 19

10	7.0	0	Scotia Sea	10.0	January 24

10	7.0	2	Colombia Quindio Department, Colombia	150.0	February 5

10	7.0	0	Myanmar Chin State, Burma	75.0	August 16

10	7.0	0	Philippines Samar Sea, Philippines	15.0	August 29

10	7.0	0	New Zealand Southland, New Zealand	15.0	December 16

Sentence(s)

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Scotia Sea on January 24 at a depth of 10.0 km.

final_sentence: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Scotia Sea on January 24 at a depth of 10.0 km.