- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 17, 1903 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 5.87 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 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 1903 CE
- Turkey, Malazgirt · Ms 6.3 · 3,560 deaths
- Turkey, Varginis, Cardahli, Mehkerek · Ms 5.8 · 1,000 deaths
- Iran, Kashmar · Ms 5.9 · 350 deaths
- Israel, Nabulus · M 5.7 · 20 deaths
- Argentina, Mendoza · Ms 6 · 3 deaths
- Greece, Mitata (Kythera) · Ms 7.8 · 2 deaths
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.
- Victoria Daily TimesAugust 17, 1903open in archive ↗
- VooruitAugust 17, 1903open in archive ↗
- Daily ColonistAugust 18, 1903open 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 1903 Romania earthquake (Mw 5.9) (1903 CE) happen?
- August 17, 1903 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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