2 deaths, 558 injuries (official) Over 150 deaths (unofficial)
Striking central Romania on August 30 at 21:28 UTC, the 1986 Vrancea earthquake killed more than 150 people, injured over 500, and damaged over 50,000 homes. The second largest earthquake in the area since the modernization of earthquake monitoring devices,[2] it was felt north to Poland and south to Italy and Greece. The death toll makes it the second deadliest earthquake to occur in 1986 worldwide, after major seism of San Salvador that took the lives of almost 1,500 people.
One local news facility listed that the earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter magnitude scale,[3] and the USGS listed its seismic moments as 5.6 and 7.9.[4] A research paper of V. I. Ulomov cited this earthquake with magnitude Mw 7.1.[5] Its epicenter was somewhere in the Vrancea Mountains.
The focal mechanism of the earthquake was described as "moderately well controlled", suggesting reverse faulting with some strike-slip motion.
^"Sd4.eu". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
^Monfret, Tony; Deschamps, Anne & Romanowicz, Barbara (April 1990). "The Romanian earthquake of August 30, 1986: A study based on GEOSCOPE very long-period and broadband data". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 133 (2): 367–379. Bibcode:1990PApGe.133..367M. doi:10.1007/BF00877169. S2CID 129453695.
^"Major Earthquake Rocks Eastern Europe". AGERPRES. September 1, 1986. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
^Cite error: The named reference August was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Ulomov, V. I. (2010). "Prediction of the seismic manifestations of Vrancea earthquakes in Moscow". Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth. 46 (1): 1–18. Bibcode:2010IzPSE..46....1U. doi:10.1134/S1069351310010015. S2CID 96457582.
and 22 Related for: 1986 Vrancea earthquake information
UTC, the 1986Vranceaearthquake killed more than 150 people, injured over 500, and damaged over 50,000 homes. The second largest earthquake in the area...
The 1940 Vranceaearthquake, also known as the 1940 Bucharest earthquake, (Romanian: Cutremurul din 1940) occurred on Sunday, 10 November 1940, in Romania...
The 1802 Vranceaearthquake occurred in the Vrancea Mountains of today's Romania (then Moldavia) on 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1802, on St. Paraskeva's...
confined character of the earthquakes that occur in this area. The Vrancea area is responsible for over 90% of all earthquakes in Romania, releasing over...
Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Portugal Azores Romania Vrancea Russia Samoa Saudi Arabia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea...
of major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Only earthquakes that have...
This is a list of earthquakes in 1986. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable...
Plant in Pernik collapsed after the 2012 earthquake USGS seismic hazard map showing Bulgaria, as well as the Vrancea Mountains fault in central Romania Bulgarian...
was still in a satisfactory condition until the mid-1980s. The 1986Vranceaearthquake damaged the palace so deeply that the majority of the buildings...
than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified...
list compiles known earthquakes that have caused one or more fatalities since 1900. The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin...
artistic value. (A medallion in the vestibule was preserved.) The 1940 Vranceaearthquake had widened an existing crack in the south wall, and the repair filled...
Snodgrass's After-Images (1999).[citation needed] He died in the 1977 Vranceaearthquake in Bucharest, and was buried in the Străulești cemetery. Vestibul...
Below is the list of earthquakes in Moldova stronger than 5.0Mw "В Молдавии произошло сильное землетрясение. Толчки зафиксированы на Украине, в Румынии...
Treznea massacre September 13/14 – Ip massacre November 10 – 1940 Vranceaearthquake November 26 – Jilava Massacre January 6 – Doina Badea, singer of popular...
Sillanpää is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1940 – The 1940 Vranceaearthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately...
which the state of emergency has been enforced was because of 1977 Vranceaearthquake.[citation needed] The last instance in which the special zone of public...
On 4 March 1977, Svishtov suffered major structural damage in the Vranceaearthquake, including the collapse of three apartment blocks in which over 100...
with official aesthetics, was opened in 1979. In 1977, the 7.2 Mw Vranceaearthquake claimed 1,500 lives and destroyed many old lodgings and offices. On...
the second one had to be cut short after the shock wave from the Vranceaearthquake was felt. The Adriatic coast tour was canceled, as well as concerts...
Global Information
