List of Romanian earthquakes
| Date | Magnitude | Epicenter | Casualties | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 1620 | 7-8 Mw | |||
| August 8, 1681 | 7-8 Mw | |||
| June 12, 1701 | 7-8 Mw | |||
| May 31, 1738 | ||||
| April 6, 1790 | 7-8 Mw | |||
| October 26, 1802 (12:55) | 7.9 Mw | In Bucharest, the earthquake lasted two minutes and a half, churches steeples collapsed and Turnul Colţea was broken from the mid. | ||
| March 5, 1812 (02:30) | 6.5 Mw | |||
| November 14, 1829 (03:40) | 7.3 Mw | The earthquake lasted a minute. | ||
| January 23, 1838 (20:45) | 7.5 Mw | 8 dead, 14 injured | According to the report issued by the prefect of police, 36 houses were destroyed. | |
| August 31, 1894 | 7.1 Mw | Galaţi County | A portion of approximately 500 m of Prut River brinks broke down. | |
| October 6, 1908 (23:40) | 7.1 Mw | It was an earthquake that was manifested in three consecutive phases, increasingly stronger, and that lasted about three minutes. It damaged especially old houses in Bucharest and in eastern Greater Wallachia, respectively southern Moldavia. | ||
| November 10, 1940 (03:39) | 7.7 Mw | Vrancea County | 1,000+ dead, 4,000+ injured | Its effects were devastating in central and southern Moldova, but also in Muntenia. In Bucharest, many other buildings were considerably damaged and there were about 300 dead, most at the collapse of Carlton Bloc, an 8-story structure of reinforced concrete. The land movement was felt to the east to Odessa, Kraków, Poltava, Kiev and up to Moscow. |
| March 4, 1977 (21:22) | 7.4 Mw | Vrancea County | 1,578 dead, 11,300+ injured | The earthquake killed for about 55 seconds, 1,578 people, of which 1,424 only in Bucharest. Throughout the country were about 11,300 injured and about 35,000 houses collapsed. Most property damage were concentrated in Bucharest, where over 33 large buildings and blocks collapsed. In Bulgaria, the earthquake is known as the Svishtov Earthquake. Three blocks of flats in the Bulgarian town of Svishtov (near Zimnicea) collapsed, killing more than 100 people. Among the earthquake victims included a few prominent figures, such as Toma Caragiu and Anatol E. Baconsky. |
| August 30, 1986 (00:28) | 7.1 Mw | The earthquake caused more damage in Bessarabia than in the country, in Chişinău four blocks collapsing. | ||
| May 30, 1990 (13:40) | 6.9 Mw | |||
| May 31, 1990 (03:15) | 6.4 Mw | |||
| October 27, 2004 (22:34) | 6.0 Mw | |||
| April 25, 2009 (20:18) | 5.5 Mw | Vrancea County | ||
| August 5, 2009 (07:49) | 5.5 Mw | |||
| June 8, 2010 (15:16) | 4.5 Mw | |||
| September 30, 2010 (05:31) | 4.7 Mw | Vrancea County | ||
| May 1, 2011 (05:24) | 5.5 Mw | Gura Teghii, Buzău County | ||
| October 4, 2011 (05:40) | 4.7 Mw | Odăile, Buzău County |