- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 26, 1802 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 7.9 Mw
- Depth:
- 150 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7.4
- AHEAD: Mw 7.9
Other earthquake records of 1802 CE
- Japan, Nw Honshu: Sado Island, Ogi · Ms 6.6 · 19 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana
- Antigua Island & St. Christopher
- Indonesia, Banda Sea
- Romania, Carpathian Fold, Vrancea · M 7.4
- Italy, Soncino
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 1802 Romania earthquake (Mw 7.9) (1802 CE) happen?
- October 26, 1802 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.