- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 5, 1740 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 7.3 Mw
- Depth:
- 150 km
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 7.3
- AHEAD: Mw 7.3
Other earthquake records of 1740 CE
- Balkans Nw, Serbia
- Serbia / Montenegro · Mw 5.68
- Greece · Mw 6.2
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Italy · Mw 5.64
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico City
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 1740 Romania earthquake (Mw 7.3) (1740 CE) happen?
- April 5, 1740 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.