- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 12, 1614 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 4.1 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
- AHEAD: Mw 4.46
Other earthquake records of 1614 CE
- Azores, Terceira · M 6.3 · 200 deaths
- Japan, Niigata Prefecture · Ms 7.7
- China, Shaanxi Province · Ms 6.5
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Croatia · Mw 4.91
- Azores, Praia
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1614 Romania earthquake (Mw 4.1) (1614 CE) happen?
- February 12, 1614 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.