The 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday night at 2:18 a.m. local time in Gorge County at a depth of 11 kilometers, according to data provided by the National Institute of Earth Physics Research and Development. (INCDFP) .

The earthquake had epicentral magnitude III and occurred near the following cities: 109 km northwest of Craiova, 110 km southwest of Sibiu, 145 km west of Pitesti, 158 km southeast of Timisoara, 178 km southeast of Arad, 183 km south of Cluj-Napoca. and 205 km west of Brasov.

On February 13, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred in the Gorzh district at a depth of 16 kilometers. The next day, a new earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 occurred in the same area, at a depth of 6.3 kilometers.

Seismologists announced on Tuesday that 810 seismic events have been detected in the area since the February 13 earthquake, but the number and magnitude have been decreasing in recent days.

The area of ​​Oltenia where these earthquakes occurred is known for weak-moderate seismic activity with very rare events above magnitude 5.