- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 25, 1880 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 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 6.8
- AHEAD: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1880 CE
- Iran, Bastak, Jonah · 120 deaths
- Turkey · M 6.7 · 30 deaths
- Philippines, S Coast Luzon: Pasig River, Pampanga · Ms 7.5 · 20 deaths
- China, Gansu Province: Wenxian · Ms 5.5 · 8 deaths
- Chile, Illapel · Ms 7.7 · 2 deaths
- Philippines, Sw Of Lake Bay, Manila
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.
- D'WäschfraDecember 25, 1880open in archive ↗
- Luxemburger WortDecember 24, 1880open 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 1880 Romania earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1880 CE) happen?
- December 25, 1880 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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