List of earthquakes in Vrancea County

This is a list of earthquakes in Vrancea County.

Seismic hazard map of Romania

Date	Local Time	Magnitude	Depth	Death toll
October 26, 1802	10:55	7.9 M_w	150 km	4^?
March 5, 1812	12:30	6.5 M_w	130 km	?
November 26, 1829	01:40	7.3 M_w	150 km	?
January 23, 1838	18:45	7.5 M_w	150 km	73 (official) 720 (unofficial)
October 6, 1908	21:40	7.1 M_w	125 km	?
November 10, 1940	03:39	7.7 M_w	133 km	1,000+
March 4, 1977	21:22	7.2 M_w	100 km	1,578
August 31, 1986	00:28	7.1 M_w	131.4 km	150+
May 30, 1990	13:40	6.7 M_w	90 km	13
October 27, 2004	23:34	6.0 M_w	98.6 km	0
September 23, 2016	02:11	5.6 M_w	94 km	0

Earthquakes in Romania

Very large (7.0 or greater)	1516 Vrancea (7.2 M_L) 1681 Vrancea (7.1 M_w) 1738 Vrancea (7.7 M_w) 1802 Vrancea (7.9 M_w)† 1829 Vrancea (7.3 M_w) 1838 Vrancea (7.5 M_w) 1940 Vrancea (7.7 M_w) 1977 Vrancea (7.4 M_w)‡ 1986 Vrancea (7.1 M_w)

Large (6.0–6.9)	1230 Vrancea (6.9 M_L) 1471 Vrancea (6.7 M) 1545 Vrancea (6.7 M_L) 1620 Vrancea (6.9 M) 1679 Vrancea (6.7 M_L) 1790 Vrancea (6.8 M_s) 1868 Vrancea (6.4 M) 1990 Vrancea (6.9 M_w)

Moderate (less than 6.0)	1523 Sibiu (4.7 M) 1880 Cluj (5.3 M) 2016 Vrancea (5.6 M)

† largest Vrancea event ever occurred ‡ largest seismic losses ever experienced

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