What the records say
- When
- 26 Oct 1802
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 45.70° N, 26.60° E
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.4
- Runups
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1802 Vrancea earthquake
Most powerful earthquake in Romanian history
The 1802 Vrancea earthquake occurred in the Vrancea Mountains of today's Romania on 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1802, on St. Paraskeva's Day. With an estimated intensity of 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale, it is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Romania and one of the strongest in European history.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page