The National Research – Development Institute for Earth Physics reported that an earthquake occurred in the evening of Sunday, August 19. The earthquake was felt in five counties in the country.
The National Research – Development Institute for Earth Physics (INCDFP) reported that on the evening of Sunday, August 19, 2023, at 7:20:57 p.m., an earthquake occurred in the Banat-Caraș-Severin seismic zone. The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.7 degrees on the Richter scale and occurred at a depth of 2.0 km.
The earthquake was felt in five counties in the country, near the following cities: 47km E of Reșita, 58km N of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 66km W of Târgu Jiu, 76km SW of Hunedoara, 90km SW of Deva.
Wave of earthquakes in Hungary, felt in Romania
Tonight’s earthquake comes just a few hours after the counties of Arad and Oradea were shaken by a wave of earthquakes. The population in the eastern regions of Hungary and western Romania was put on alert by a series of earthquakes.
INCDFP reported that on the afternoon of Saturday, August 19, at 12:16:39 (Romanian local time), a medium earthquake occurred in Hungary with a magnitude of ml 4.1, at a depth of 29.5km. The earthquake occurred near the following cities: 37km NW of Bekescsaba, 52km SE of Szolnok, 74km E of Kecskemet, 74km NE of Szeged, 87km NW of Arad, 99km W of Oradea.
When a big earthquake will occur in Romania
The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks. The first of them was recorded at 15:21:49 (Romanian local time). It is a weak earthquake with magnitude ml 3.4, produced at a depth of 26.3 km. The earthquake was felt near the following cities: 40km NW of Bekescsaba, 50km SE of Szolnok, 70km E of Kecskemet, 73km NE of Szeged, 89km NW of Arad.
Recently, more and more earthquakes have been recorded in different regions of the country, the most frequent being in the Vrancea seismic zone. Mircea Radulian, the scientific director of the Institute for Earth Physics, explained that it is very unlikely that a large earthquake will occur in Romania soon. If this happens, it will not produce a tragedy like the one in Turkey.
2023-08-19 18:08:46
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