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The 1802 Vrancea earthquake occurred on during St. Paraskeva's celebrated Day.〔 〕 Its magnitude is estimated at 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale making it the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Romania〔 and one of the strongest earthquakes in European history. It was felt from Saint Petersburg to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, and from Belgrade to Moscow. Its felt area (more that 2 million square kilometers) places it among the largest earthquakes known on the interior of the Eurasian continent.〔 According to local witnesses, "in many localities in Burzenland (Romanian: ''Țara Bârsei'') were formed huge holes in the ground, cracks, wide crevices of several feet (1 foot = 33 cm) and many fathoms deep, partially filled with water". In Bucharest, many church steeples fell, and Turnul Colței broke in half, killing an itinerant merchant. The earthquake was felt in Bucharest with an estimated intensity of VIII–IX on Mercalli scale. Likewise, Cotroceni Monastery completely collapsed. Numerous fires broke out, caused mainly by overthrowing stoves. In Focșani, wall of St. John Monastery fell. Also, several households and church steeples collapsed following the first oscillations of the soil. In Moscow, some walls were cracked, suspended objects swung. In many other cities in Russia and Ukraine, soil oscillated for several minutes. Significant damage was caused in other areas of Ukraine, in Lviv and even Kiev. The earthquake caused fear in Warsaw (Poland), and in Bulgaria, the cities of Ruse, Varna and Vidin were almost completely destroyed. ''The Great Earthquake'' ((ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Cutremurul cel Mare)), as the Bucharest inhabitants of 19th century called this sinister event, coincided with the ascent to the throne of Prince Constantin Ipsilanti, surprised by the earthquake in the commune of Radovanu (Călărași County). He prayed for the salvation of his submissives. An engraving print shows that roofs and chimneys of houses flied, walls fell, and people tried to run scared and couldn't keep up. The Chronicle of the craftsman Ioan Dobrescu (1802–30) mentions that "the earth here and there opened a whole as if a man with a horse could enter in it (...) and through the cracks of the earth appeared water with black clay which smelt badly like brimstone".〔 Such a description of the disaster caused by this earthquake in Bucharest appears in the record made in the Cyrillic alphabet on the book ''Pentecostarion'': "ground cracked and appeared water with sand".〔 ==Aftershocks== This seismic event was followed by a sequence of aftershocks among which the largest had a magnitude of 5.5, and it occurred about 14 hours after the mainshock. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1802 Vrancea earthquake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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