List of earthquakes in 1939
By death toll

Rank
Death toll
Magnitude
Location
Depth (km)
Date
1
32,700
7.8
Turkey Erzincan Province, Turkey
20.0
December 26
2
30,000
7.8
Chile Bio-Bio Region, Chile
35.0
January 25
3
41
6.3
Turkey Izmir Province, Turkey
35.0
September 22
4
37
0.0
Peru Madre de Dios Region, Peru
0.0
June 24
5
27
7.0
Japan off the coast of Akita Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
10.0
May 1
6
22
6.4
Ghana Central Region (Ghana)
15.0
June 22
7
13
5.9
Turkey Erzincan Province, Turkey
80.0
November 21
8
12
7.8
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
15.0
April 30

Question: What were the two most deadly earthquakes in 1939?
Answer: In 1939, an earthquake struck Chile causing 30,000 deaths in January, and in December Turkey was shaken by an earthquake that left 32,700 dead.