- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 25, 1925 CE
- Location:
- Romania
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 km
Other earthquake records of 1925 CE
- China, Yunnan Province: Talifu · Mw 6.9 · 5,800 deaths
- Iran, Bajestan · M 5.5 · 500 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Tajima · Ms 6.8 · 395 deaths
- Turkey, Ardahan · Ms 5.8 · 200 deaths
- W. Luzon Island, Philippines · Ms 6.8 · 17 deaths
- California, Santa Barbara · Mw 6.8 · 13 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.
- Dziennik Białostocki R.3December 25, 1925open in archive ↗
- Workers' Life R.2December 25, 1925open in archive ↗
- Życie Robotnicze R.2December 24, 1925open 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 1925 Romania earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1925 CE) happen?
- December 25, 1925 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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