List of earthquakes in Vrancea County

This is a list of earthquakes in Vrancea County.

Seismic hazard map of Romania
Date Local Time Magnitude Depth Death toll
26 October 1802 10:55 7.9 Mw 150 km 4?
5 March 1812 12:30 6.5 Mw 130 km ?
26 November 1829 01:40 7.3 Mw 150 km ?
23 January 1838 18:45 7.5 Mw 150 km 73 (official)
720 (unofficial)
6 October 1908 21:40 7.1 Mw 125 km ?
10 November 1940 03:39 7.7 Mw 133 km 1,000+
4 March 1977 21:22 7.2 Mw 100 km 1,730
31 August 1986 00:28 7.1 Mw 131.4 km 150+
30 May 1990 13:40 6.7 Mw 90 km 13
27 October 2004 23:34 6.0 Mw 98.6 km 0
22 November 2014 19:14 5.7 Mw 39 km 0
24 September 2016 02:11 5.3 Mw 91.6 km 0
28 October 2018 03:38 5.8 Mw 151 km 0
31 January 2020 03:26 5.2 Mw 121 km 0
  • Note: The list includes only at least M5.0 earthquakes.

See also

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  • List of earthquakes in Vrancea County
Earthquakes
  • 1738 Vrancea (7.7)
  • 1802 Vrancea (7.9)†
  • 1838 Vrancea (7.5)
  • 1901 Black Sea (7.2)
  • 1940 Vrancea (7.7)
  • 1977 Vrancea (7.4)‡
  • 1986 Vrancea (7.1)
  • 1990 Vrancea (6.9)
  • 1991 Banat (5.7)
  • 2014 Vrancea (5.7)
Related
  • Vrancea Zone [bg; ru; uk]
† largest Vrancea event ever occurred
‡ largest seismic losses ever experienced