earthquake

An earthquake measuring  3.4 degrees on Richter scale took place Tuesday afternoon, in Buzau County (eastern Romania), the National Institute for Earth Physics (INFP) informs. The quake had a magnitude of 3.4 degrees on Richter scale and…

Three earthquakes with magnitude above 3 degrees on Richter scale occurred in Buzau County in less than 12 hours, according to the National Institute for Earth Physics (INFP), the strongest being of 3.7 degrees at 2.00h last night. The…

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale shook Vrancea County, the Vrancea seismic zone, at a depth of 116 kilometres, on Sunday at 0:40h local time, the National Research and Development Institute for Earth Physics  (INFP) informs.…

A 3.9 degrees quake took place Thursday morning at 3.45h, in the Black Sea, at a depth of 27 km, the National Institute of Earth Physics (INFP) informs. The Euro-Mediterranean Seismologic Centre points to a magnitude of 3.2 degrees and a…

The future big earthquake that will take place in Romania will be deeper, similar to the one in 1802, and this will be the luck of our country, the honorary director of the National Institute of Earth Physics (INFP), Gheorghe Marmureanu has…

The National Penitentiary Administration (ANP) has ordered last week the emergency eviction of 450 inmates from a wing of the penitentiary in Iasi. Penitentiary trade unions say that the building has a high risk of collapse in case of…

An earthquake with the magnitude of 4.6 on Richter scale has shaken Vrancea region at 12.24h on Wednesday, at the depth of 128 km. Initially the quake was considered of 4.7 degrees magnitude, but was revised. At 12.24:49, Romania’s time,…

The biggest earthquake in Vrancea region this year took place on Sunday, at 15.15h, at a depth of 140.8 km, and had a magnitude of 3.9 on Richter scale. The quake occurred in Buzau County, the National Institute for Earth Physics…

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale took place on Saturday in Buzau, the third earthquake produced in the county in 24 hours, according to the National Institute for Research and Development for Earth Physics (INCDFP).…

An earthquake occurred in Vrancea County on Thursday at 2:11h, with magnitude 3 degrees on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Earth Physics (INFP). The earthquake occurred at the depth of 75.1 kilometres, INFP…