Global Information1738 Vrancea earthquake information
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| Local date | 31 May 1738 |
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| Local time | c. 11:00 |
| Magnitude | 7.5 Ms[1] 7.7 Mw |
| Depth | 130 km[1] |
| Epicenter | 45°42′N 26°36′E / 45.7°N 26.6°E |
| Areas affected | Romania Serbia |
| Max. intensity | 9.5 MSK[1][2] |
| Landslides | Yes |
| Foreshocks | 8 May 1738 |
| Casualties | Unknown |
The 1738 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 11 June [O.S. 31 May] 1738, during the third rule of Constantin Mavrocordat. The seism aroused great panic and is mentioned in several sources. It occurred in the lower lithospheric block, at a depth of 130 km (81 mi). Its effects were violent on large areas, the hardest hit being Bucharest, where several houses and churches collapsed.
The Romanian territories were not the only affected. In Niš, a Serbian city where the Ottoman army was quartered, the fortress on Nišava partially collapsed, and in Nikopol on Danube four mosques collapsed.[3][4]
At an estimated magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale, the earthquake of 1738 is one of the strongest in Romanian history.[1]
- ^ a b c d "Seismicitatea României". National Institute for Earth Physics (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2014-09-24.
- ^ Bică Andrei Gabriel (2013). "Vulnerabilitatea seismică a fondului construit din România la acțiunea cutremurelor vrâncene" (PDF). Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (in Romanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ "Craiova - Cutremure". Vladimir Rosulescu - Istorie (in Romanian). 15 September 2011.
- ^ Georgescu, Emil-Sever (1–6 August 2004). "Forensic engineering studies on historical earthquakes in Romania" (PDF). 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Vancouver.