- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 27, 1868 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 135 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1868 CE
- Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Colombia: San Pablo · Ms 7.7 · 70,000 deaths
- Chile, Arica · Ms 8.5 · 25,000 deaths
- Hawaii, Se Of · Mfa 7.9 · 77 deaths
- California, Hayward, San Francisco · ML 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Mexico, San Jose De Iturbide, Puebla, Veracruz
- Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Kazakhstan: Turkestan · M 6.5
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.
- Luxemburger WortNovember 27, 1868open in archive ↗
- L'avenirNovember 27, 1868open in archive ↗
- L'UnionNovember 26, 1868open in archive ↗
- Potter's electric newsNovember 25, 1868open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgNovember 29, 1868open 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 1868 Romania earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1868 CE) happen?
- November 27, 1868 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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