- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 19, 1681 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 7.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 150 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1681 CE
- South Korea, Yangyang, Sanchok · M 7
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Mentawai Islands
- Greece · Mw 7
- Germany · Mw 4.2
- Switzerland · Mw 5.1
- Chile · Ms 7.5
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 1681 Romania earthquake (Mw 7.1) (1681 CE) happen?
- August 19, 1681 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.