Another small earthquake shakes up Romania, including capital Bucharest

Another earthquake struck Romania on Tuesday evening (October 15), ten days after a

Richter

5.5 degrees tremor shook the country on October 6.

Measuring 4.7 degrees in Richter, the tremor occurred at a depth of 130 kilometers, at 22:33. The earthquake originated in the Vrancea region, in central eastern Romania, but was felt in other cities across the country, including Bucharest, and even in Northern Bulgaria. It was followed by a smaller reply but no damages have been reported. Several other earthquakes have taken place in Romania’s Vrancea region in recent days. On October 12, an earthquake measuring 3 degrees on Richter happened the Vrancea region at 23:37, after another one, of 3.5 degrees on Richter, was produced earlier that day, at 11:58, according to the data on the National Institute for Earth Physics website. One of the strongest earthquakes in Romania took place in March 1977. With a magnitude of 7.2 on Richter, the quake killed over 1,500 people in Bucharest. Its epicenter was in the Vrancea region, one of Romania’s so-called ‘seismic areas’, as most of the earthquakes felt in the country have their epicenter there. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com