- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 26, 1916 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 6.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 21 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 6.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.53
Other earthquake records of 1916 CE
- Taiwan · Ms 6.5 · 180 deaths
- Italy, Rimini · Mw 6 · 4 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 6 · 1 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya · Ms 8.1
- Japan, Duda · Ms 8
- Turkey · Mw 7
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.
- VooruitJanuary 26, 1916open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesJanuary 25, 1916open in archive ↗
- Fest-Programm zur Feier des Geburtstages S.M. des Kaisers Sued-LagerJanuary 27, 1916open in archive ↗
- Fraeulein Witwe: dramatischer Scherz in einem Aufzug von Ludwig Fulda ... Lottchen's Geburtstag: Lustspiel in einem Akt von Ludwig Thoma .. 28. VorstellungJanuary 29, 1916open 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 1916 Romania earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1916 CE) happen?
- January 26, 1916 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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