Earthquake in Romania, on the second day of Easter. What was the magnitude of the earthquake – Ziarul National

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Earthquake in Romania, in the first hours of the second day of Easter. It occurred in the Vrancea seismic zone, Buzau county.

Details about the earthquake were announced by the National Research – Development Institute for Earth Physics. The earthquake had a magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter scale, so it was a weak one.

“On May 6, 2024, at 02:11:42 (local time of Romania), a weak earthquake with a magnitude of ml 2.8 occurred in the VRANCEA SEISMIC AREA, BUZAU, at a depth of 114.5 km,” informed the cited source.

This earthquake occurred near the following cities: 56km SE of Sfântu-Gheorghe, 60km NW of Buzău, 61km W of Focșani, 62km E of Brașov, 78km NE of Ploiesti.

It is not the only earthquake that happened recently in the country

It is not the only earthquake that happened recently in Romania. On Sunday, May 5, the first day of Easter, two earthquakes occurred in the country.

One of these, on Sunday evening, in Muntenia, and the other during the morning, in the Vrancea seismic zone.

The earthquake in the evening of May 5 occurred at 19:07, in Muntenia, Brăila county, at a depth of 10.1 kilometers and had a magnitude of 2.1. The earthquake on Sunday morning, May 5, occurred at 06:00 and occurred in the Vrancea area, Buzau county, with a magnitude of 2.8.