- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 3, 1831 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 100 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 6.1
- AHEAD: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1831 CE
- Barbados, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Antigua · 3,000 deaths
- China, Anhui Province · Ms 6.3 · 33 deaths
- Italy, Coast Of Liguria · 4 deaths
- Chile, Arica, Peru: Tacna, Arequipa · M 7.8
- Italy, Reggio Di Calabria
- Greece, Samos (Dodecanese)
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Journal de la ville et du Grand-Duché de LuxembourgAugust 3, 1831open in archive ↗
- Journal of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgAugust 6, 1831open in archive ↗
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 1831 Romania earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1831 CE) happen?
- August 3, 1831 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.
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