1940 Vrancea earthquake

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title: 1940 Vrancea earthquake
text: The 1940 Vrancea earthquake, also known as the 1940 Bucharest earthquake, occurred on Sunday, 10 November 1940, in Romania, at 03:39, when the majority of the population was at home. The 1940 earthquake registered a magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale, being the strongest earthquake recorded in the 20th century in Romania. Its epicenter lay in the Vrancea zone at a depth of about 133 km. The area of maximum intensity for this earthquake was 80,000 km⁲ and macroseismic effects were fel
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description: 1940 earthquake in eastern Romania
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date created: 2011-02-18T18:09:07Z
date modified: 2024-09-11T20:25:37Z
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