- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 23, 1838 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 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 7.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.9
- AHEAD: Mw 7.5
Other earthquake records of 1838 CE
- Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Jaffa), Palestine · 3,000 deaths
- Romania, Carpathian Fold, Vrancea · M 6.9 · 42 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Croatia · M 5.3
- Chile, Central
- California, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara · ML 7
- Myanmar (Burma), Ava (Innwa)
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 of the City and Grand Duchy of LuxembourgJanuary 24, 1838open in archive ↗
- The GlamorganJanuary 20, 1838open 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 1838 Romania earthquake (Mw 7.5) (1838 CE) happen?
- January 23, 1838 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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