1821 CE Earthquake — Romania, Moldova

Name: 1821 CE Earthquake — Romania, Moldova
Start: 1821
Location: Romania, Moldova

Type:: Earthquake
Date:: November 17, 1821 CE
Location:: Romania, Moldova
Magnitude:: 6.7 Ms
Intensity (MMI):: 8

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):

NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
EMEC_2021: Mw 6.6
EMEC_2021: Mw 6.1
EMEC_2021: Mw 6.5
AHEAD: Mw 6.5
AHEAD: Mw 6.6

Other earthquake records of 1821 CE

Peru, Camana, Ocona, Caraveli · 162 deaths
United Kingdom, Britian · 3 deaths
Romania · Mw 6.6
Switzerland · Mw 3.9
Morocco, Melilla
Greece, Zakinthos (Zante)

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗

Frequently asked questions

When did 1821 CE Earthquake — Romania, Moldova happen?: November 17, 1821 CE.
Where does this information come from?: This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.

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