Earthquake — Romania: Bucharest

When

4 Mar 1977

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.5

Where

Romania

Coordinates

45.78° N, 26.70° E

Deaths

1641

Injuries

10500

Damage musd

2000

Depth km

89

Romanian earthquake

The 1977 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 4 March 1977, at 21:22 local time, and was felt throughout the Balkans. It had a magnitude of 7.5, making it the second most powerful earthquake recorded in Romania in the 20th century, after the 10 November 1940 seismic event. The hypocenter was situated in the Vrancea Mountains, the most seismically active part of Romania, at a depth of 85.3 km.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in the Vrancea Mountains of Romania kills over 1,500 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Romanya Sosyalist Cumhuriyeti'nde Vrancea depremi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben der Stärke 7,2 in der Gegend von Vrâncioaia, Rumänien, über 1500 Tote”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение в Румынии, погибло почти 1600 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 7,5 sacude la región de Vrancea en Rumania matando a 1.700 personas e hiriendo a más de 11.300”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page