Earthquake in Vrancea a little while ago. What magnitude was it and how deep was it?

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale occurred on Wednesday morning, at 3:00 local time, in Vrancea county, according to information published by the National Research and Development Institute for Earth Physics (INCDFP).

Earthquake in Vrancea a little while ago. What magnitude was it and how deep was it?

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.4 kilometers, near the following cities: 28 km west of Focşani, 69 km north of Buzău, 82 km southwest of Bârlad, 82 km east of Sfântu-Gheorghe, 88 km south of Bacău and 96 km east of Brasov.

Since the beginning of April, 26 earthquakes have been recorded in Romania, with magnitudes between 2.4 and 3.4 on the Richter scale.

Last year, the largest tectonic movement, with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale, took place on February 14, in Gorj County, at a depth of 6.3 kilometers.

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What is the situation of the blocks in Bucharest?

Newsweek wrote that the Mayor of the Capital, Nicuşor Dan, announced that 8,000 buildings in Bucharest will be preliminarily assessed visually, from the point of view of seismic risk, and, depending on the results, some of them will be expertized and strengthened.

“Today we start for 200 buildings in the historic area. It is a pilot project. Depending on him, we will see what are the difficulties we find along the way and continue for the rest of the buildings in Bucharest”, explained Nicușor Dan.

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