4.1-magnitude earthquake hits Romania

A man stands next to a damaged house after an earthquake in Mesochori village, central Greece, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighboring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded on Monday morning at 02:04hrs, EEST, in Vrancea County, the Vrancea seismic zone, according to information published by the National Earth Physics Research and Development Institute (INCDFP).

The earthquake occurred 81 kilometres deep in the earth, 87 km east of Brașov, 90 km south of Bacău, 105 km northeast of Ploiești, 109 km west of Galati, 113 km northwest of Brăila, 155 km north of Bucharest, 170 km southwest of Iași, 177 km northeast of Pitești, 199 km east of Sibiu, 214 km southwest of Chișinău.

In July 2022, 12 earthquakes shook Romania with magnitudes between 2.4 and 4.1.

The largest earthquake in Romania this year occurred on January 16, 2022, a 4.4-magnitue one, while last year on May 26 a 4.7-magnitude quake was reported. It was also felt in Bucharest.

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