- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 17, 1832 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 5.44 Mw
Other earthquake records of 1832 CE
- Italy, Foligno · 22 deaths
- Italy, Cutro
- Italy · Mw 6.43
- Romania · Mw 5.6
- Italy · Mw 6.65
- Afghanistan
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 LuxembourgFebruary 18, 1832open 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 1832 Romania earthquake (Mw 5.4) (1832 CE) happen?
- February 17, 1832 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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