earthquake

One of the Romanian victims dead in the earthquake in Italy is a 36-year-old woman from Dolj. Aurelia Daogaru was from Malu Mare locality near Craiova in Dolj county and was married to an Italian citizen. The Romanian Embassy in Rome…

In case of strong earthquake, 75% of the Romanians could be affected, read the conclusions of the consolidation strategy project of the General Inspectorate for the Emergency Situations. The project shows that there would a high number…

The 400-year-old church from Aroneanu commune in Iași county, revamped with EU money, will become the first historical monument in the country to have an antiseismic system. Workers built a new foundation of concrete and steel under the…

Nottara Theatre in Bucharest invites its audience to a peculiar performance on Tuesday, as of 7 p.m., more precisely to see the show from the footwalk in front of the theatre through the building’s glass doors for 30 minutes. The odd…

An earthquake of 4.4 degrees on the Richter scale occurred Sunday night at 23.28h in Vrancea region, at a depth of 125 kilometres, according to the National Institute for Earth Physics (INFP). The quake had its epicentre in Vrancea…

Bucharest has 183 buildings that represent a public danger in case of earthquake. Only 18 such dwellings have been consolidated in the past 14 years. Bucharest City Hall says there are many concert halls and theatres in danger for their…

Joint teams of the Inspectorate for the Emergency Situations and of the State Inspectorate for Constructions will assess all school units in the country, while checking up the explosion, earthquake and fire risks. The action has been…

The fires are the biggest housing threat for four of ten Romanians, one third say the biggest danger is the earthquake, according to a survey that shows that 15% of respondents are afraid of flooding with water from pipelines and 10 4%…

Relief efforts in Nepal are intensifying after more than 2,000 people were killed in the worst earthquake there in more than 80 years. Rescue missions and aid material have started arriving in the country, the BBC reports. Seventeen…

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale has taken place on Saturday night to Sunday in Vrancea region, the quake being felt in Bucharest, the National Institute for Earth Physics informs. The quake, which had its epicentre in…