November 10, 1940 Earthquake: Romania
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Romania on November 10, 1940 at 01:39:00 UTC, 150 km below the surface. It killed 1,000 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- November 10, 1940
- Time
- 01:39:00 UTC
- Place
- Romania
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Focal depth
- 150 km (93 mi)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.800° N, 26.800° E
- Country
- Romania
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,000
- Damage
- $10 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 4, 1977, Bucharest, Romania
- January 23, 1838, Carpathian Fold,vrancea, Romania
- May 30, 1990, Bucharest, Braila, Brasov, Romania
- August 30, 1986, Bucharest, Kishinev-Kagul, Romania
- May 31, 1990, Kishinev, Cis, Romania
- October 27, 2004, Northern, Bucharest, Braila, Bulgaria, Romania
- November 24, 1516, Romania
- October 26, 1802, Carpathian Fold,vrancea, Romania
- November 17, 1821, Romania, Moldova
- November 26, 1829, Bucharest, Romania
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 3673.