November 26, 1829 Earthquake: Bucharest, Romania

Date

November 26, 1829

Place

Bucharest, Romania

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

44.200° N, 26.100° E

Country

Romania

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• March 4, 1977, Bucharest, RomaniaM7.5 · 1,641 deaths · $2 billion · 182 km
• November 10, 1940, RomaniaM7.3 · 1,000 deaths · $10 million · 186 km
• January 23, 1838, Carpathian Fold,vrancea, RomaniaM6.9 · 42 deaths · 171 km
• May 30, 1990, Bucharest, Braila, Brasov, RomaniaM6.7 · 14 deaths · $23.7 million · 188 km
• December 7, 1986, Veliko Turnovo-Turgovishte, BulgariaM5.6 · 3 deaths · $5 million · 104 km
• August 30, 1986, Bucharest, Kishinev-Kagul, RomaniaM6.9 · 2 deaths · $730 million · 151 km
• June 14, 1913, Tirnovo, BulgariaM6.8 · 92 km
• December 17, 2003, Povadiya, BulgariaM4.4 · 10 houses destroyed · 167 km
• November 24, 1516, Romania171 km
• October 26, 1802, Carpathian Fold,vrancea, RomaniaM7.4 · 171 km
• November 17, 1821, Romania, MoldovaM6.7 · 171 km
• October 27, 2004, Northern, Bucharest, Braila, Bulgaria, RomaniaM5.8 · 181 km
• November 1444, Varna, Bulgaria182 km
• May 31, 1990, Kishinev, Cis, RomaniaM6.1 · 187 km

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