- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 6, 1904 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 6.6 Mw
- Depth:
- 75 km
Other earthquake records of 1904 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6 · 400 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6.3 · 145 deaths
- Greece, Samos, Patmos · Mw 6.1 · 4 deaths
- Taiwan, Jiayi · Ms 6 · 3 deaths
- Russia, Off Kamchatka · Ms 8.3
- Bulgaria, Struma · Ms 7.5
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.
- VooruitFebruary 6, 1904open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesFebruary 5, 1904open in archive ↗
- Daily ColonistFebruary 4, 1904open 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 1904 Romania earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1904 CE) happen?
- February 6, 1904 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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