- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 31, 1894 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 7.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4
Other earthquake records of 1894 CE
- Turkey · Ms 6.7 · 1,349 deaths
- Japan, Syonai · Ms 7 · 726 deaths
- Venezuela, Merida, Tovar, Colombia: N Santander · Ms 7.1 · 400 deaths
- Greece, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris) · Ms 6.7 · 255 deaths
- Italy, Palmi, Santa Cristina · 101 deaths
- Japan, Tokyo · Ms 7.5 · 24 deaths
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 1894 Romania earthquake (Mw 7.1) (1894 CE) happen?
- August 31, 1894 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.