Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.8 shakes Romania
On December 4, at 00:05:48, Romania time, a moderate earthquake with Richter local magnitude (ML) 4.8 occurred in the Vrancea seismic region at a depth of 140 km. A replica was felt some 37 minutes later and had a magnitude of ML 3.2,…
iulian ernst · Journalist
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On December 4, at 00:05:48, Romania time, a moderate earthquake with Richter local magnitude (ML) 4.8 occurred in the Vrancea seismic region at a depth of 140 km. A replica was felt some 37 minutes later and had a magnitude of ML 3.2, Digi24 reported.
The earthquake occurred 53km west of Focsani, 59km north-west of Buzau, 61km south-east of Sfantu-Gheorghe, 70km east of Brasov, 85km north-east of Ploiesti, according to the National Institute for Earth Physics INFP data.
The earthquake was also felt in Bucharest.
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