1940 Vrancea earthquake
Controversial death toll

1940 Vrancea earthquake

Section Title: Controversial death toll
Table Section Text: None

Location	County	Dead	Injured	Remarks

Carlton Bloc	Bucharest	140	86	Assuming 226 occupants

Various locations	Bucharest	Some	300

Panciu	Putna	44	70–190	Rădulescu (62 dead, 300 injured); Adevărul newspaper (42 dead, 70 injured); Ziarul de Iași (42 dead, 76 injured); Nature (23 dead, 71 serious injuries)

Focșani	Putna	12	115	Nature (70% of buildings destroyed)

Galați	Covurlui	34	40–130	Nature (36 dead, 130 injured)

Various locations	Covurlui	107	Unknown

Bârlad	Tutova	12	20

Huși	Fălciu	Few	20

Vaslui	Vaslui	Few	Few

Târgul Berești	Covurlui	Few	0

Tecuci	Tecuci	19	20

Buzău	Buzău	20	Unknown

Râmnicu Sărat	Râmnicu Sărat	0	5

Pătârlagele	Buzău	Few	Unknown

Iași	Iași	8	5

Câmpina	Prahova	6	Unknown

Doftana prison	Prahova	21	78	40 seriously injured

Ploiești	Prahova	7 Unknown

Mărgineni prison	Prahova	4	Unknown

Valea Boului	Prahova	4	Unknown

Boldești	Prahova	3	Unknown

Apostolache	Prahova	3	Unknown

Scăieni	Prahova	2	Unknown

Mălăești	Prahova	2	Unknown

Various locations	Prahova	14	270	In Bertea, Românești, Bănești, Mislea, Coțofenești, Teișani, Aluniș, etc. (1 death per location); 110 seriously and 160 lightly injured (excl.

Mizil	Buzău	Few	Few

Târgoviște	Dâmbovița	Few	Unknown

Craiova	Dolj	5	Few

Turnu Măgurele	Teleorman	0	Few

Tulcea	Tulcea	Few	Few

Constanța	Constanța	0	Few

Elsewhere in Romania	94	360

Sentence(s)

At the time of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake, 140 were killed of the 226 occupants in Carlton Block, with another 300 injured, in Bucharest.

final_sentence: At the time of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake, 140 were killed of the 226 occupants in Carlton Block, with another 300 injured, in Bucharest.