October 27, 2004 Earthquake: Northern, Bucharest, Braila, Bulgaria, Romania
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Northern, Bucharest, Braila, Bulgaria, Romania on October 27, 2004 at 20:34:36 UTC, 96 km below the surface.
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
- October 27, 2004
- Time
- 20:34:36 UTC
- Place
- Northern, Bucharest, Braila, Bulgaria, Romania
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 96 km (60 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.787° N, 26.622° E
- Country
- Romania
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Minor damage to several buildings at Bucharest, Braila and
in northern Bulgaria. Some roads damaged in the Bucharest area. Felt throughout Romania. Felt (VI) at Chisinau, Moldova. Also felt at Burgas, Plovdiv and Shumen, Bulgaria; Istanbul, Turkey; Kiev, Mykolayiv and Odesa, Ukraine. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 4, 1977, Bucharest, Romania
- November 10, 1940, Romania
- January 23, 1838, Carpathian Fold,vrancea, Romania
- May 30, 1990, Bucharest, Braila, Brasov, Romania
- August 30, 1986, Bucharest, Kishinev-Kagul, Romania
- November 24, 1516, Romania
- October 26, 1802, Carpathian Fold,vrancea, Romania
- November 17, 1821, Romania, Moldova
- May 31, 1990, Kishinev, Cis, Romania
- 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 5826.