According to the Institute of Earth Physics, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred on Monday afternoon in the Gorzh district at a depth of only 15 kilometers. This is the second strong earthquake registered in Romania in the last two years.
The earthquake occurred at 16:58.
The earthquake occurred 102 km southwest of Sibiu, 107 km northwest of Craiova, 137 km west of Pitesti, 166 km east of Timisoara, 179 km south of Cluj-Napoca, 183 km southeast of Arad, 196 km west of Brasov, 218 km east. Belgrade, 222 km east of Zemun, 224 km west of Ploiesti, INFP reports.
The state emergency department reported that at this time there were no calls to 112, no material damage and no casualties.
In Romania, the strongest earthquake of 2022 occurred on November 3 and had a magnitude of 5.2, while in 2021 an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on May 26.
Source: Hot News
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