November 3, 1977 Earthquake: Velingrad, Romania
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Velingrad, Romania on November 3, 1977 at 02:22:54 UTC, 6 km below the surface.
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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 3, 1977
- Time
- 02:22:54 UTC
- Place
- Velingrad, Romania
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 6 km (4 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.110° N, 23.970° E
- Country
- Romania
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
- September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), Greece
- April 14, 1928, Chirpan, Bulgaria
- June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, Greece
- July 5, 1902, Thessaloniki, Greece
- December 21, 1990, Edhessa, Kilkis, Greece
- October 1750, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- April 4, 1904, Struma, Bulgaria
- April 4, 1904, Struma, Bulgaria
- October 8, 1905, Bulgaria
- April 18, 1928, Popovitsa, Bulgaria
- April 23, 1818, Bulgaria
- September 30, 1858, Bulgaria
- September 4, 896, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- May 22, 2012, Pernik, Bulgaria
- 1641, Bulgaria
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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 4781.