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The earthquake took place at 05:51:18 (Romanian local time), in Muntenua, Giurgiu, at a depth of 2 kilometers and had a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake occurred near the following cities: 42km NE of Ruse, 44km SE of Bucharest, 100km S of Ploiesti, 148km SE of Pitesti, 156km NW of Varna, 179km W of Constanta, 182km SW of Braila, 184km S of Brasov, 196km NW of Burgas, 200km SW of Galati
Earthquake wave in Vrancea too
Another earthquake with a magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter scale occurred on Saturday at 5:03 p.m. in Vrancea County, INFP specialists say.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143 kilometers. The earthquake occurred near the following cities: 78 km E of Brașov, 87 km NE of Ploiești, 108 km S of Bacău, 113 km W of Galați, 114 km W of Brăila, 137 km N of Bucharest , 161 km NE of Pitești, 188 km SW of Iași and 192 km E of Sibiu.
Only in August, in our country there were about 30 earthquakes with magnitudes between 2 and 3.9 in Richter, according to INFP experts.
The most important earthquake of this year occurred on January 31, 2020, in Vrancea County, at a depth of 121 kilometers, and had a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale. The earthquake was felt even in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, located quite a long distance from the epicenter.
“In recent times there have been earthquakes of magnitude 3 or even smaller. It is a normal activity in the Vrancea area, around 2 years there is an earthquake between 5 degrees and 6 degrees on the Richter scale. Basically, this activity in the Vrancea area is part of the normal activity in the region.
If there were a 7-degree Richter earthquake in the Vrancea area at a depth of, say, 100 kilometers, of course, blocks that have been through previous earthquakes, such as those of 1990, 1986, 1977, which did not have been consolidated. Other buildings that were not affected by the 1977 earthquake and that were over 50 years old may also be affected. Earthquakes that cause great damage are above 7.2, ”said Constantin Ionescu, INFP director general.
The Vrancea seismic zone is the most important seismological region in Romania, due to the energy of the earthquakes produced, the extension of its area of macrosismicity and the persistent and concentrated character of the epicenters.
