List of earthquakes in 1946
By magnitude
Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

List of earthquakes in 1946

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

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	Depth (km)	Date

1	8.6	167	United States south of Unimak Island, Alaska	15.0	April 1

2	8.3	1,362	Japan off the south coast of Honshu, Japan	15.0	December 20

3	8.0	0	Myanmar Sagaing Region, Burma	15.0	September 12

4	7.8	0	Myanmar Sagaing Region, Burma	15.0	September 12

4	7.8	0	Papua New Guinea southeast of New Ireland (island), Papua New Guinea	50.0	September 29

5	7.5	0	Canada Vancouver Island, Canada	15.0	June 23

5	7.5	1,790	Dominican Republic Samaná Bay, Dominican Republic	15.0	August 4

5	7.5	0	Kyrgyzstan Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan	25.0	November 2

6	7.3	0	Indonesia Mentawai Islands, Indonesia	35.0	May 8

7	7.2	0	Papua New Guinea Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea	95.0	January 17

7	7.2	0	Argentina Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina	573.6	August 28

7	7.2	0	Papua New Guinea Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea	110.0	September 23

8	7.1	0	Mexico Oaxaca, Mexico	109.9	June 7

8	7.1	0	Mexico Veracruz, Mexico	117.8	July 11

9	7.0	0	Vanuatu Vanuatu	35.0	January 20

9	7.0	0	Vanuatu Vanuatu	175.4	July 9

9	7.0	75	Dominican Republic off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic	15.0	August 8

9	7.0	0	Fiji south of Fiji	84.1	August 21

9	7.0	0	Fiji south of Fiji	588.4	September 26

9	7.0	0	Dominican Republic La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic	50.0	October 4

9	7.0	0	United States Andreanof Islands, Alaska	25.0	November 1

Sentence(s)

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina on August 28 at a depth of 573.6 km.

final_sentence: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina on August 28 at a depth of 573.6 km.