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title: "Earthquake in the Vrancea seismic zone in Romania"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/31579/earthquake-in-the-vrancea-seismic-zone-in-romania
published: 2024-07-05T05:35:35Z
language: en
author: "Bogdan Nigai"
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
---

# Earthquake in the Vrancea seismic zone in Romania

> An earthquake occurred on the night of Thursday to Friday, at 00:25, in Vrancea county, Romania, according to information published by the Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics Research and Development (INCDFP).

An earthquake occurred on the night of Thursday to Friday, at 00:25, in Vrancea county, Romania, according to information published by the Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics Research and Development (INCDFP).

![](https://storage.moldova1.md/images/a2afedf7-9eb7-4a4e-9c78-9ac22b925598.jpg)

The magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.5 kilometers.

Since the beginning of July, three earthquakes with magnitudes between 2 and 3.4 occurred in Romania.

This year, the strongest tectonic movement, of magnitude 4.3, happened in Vrancea county, on January 15, at a depth of 74 kilometers, and last year, on February 14, there was an earthquake of 5.7 in Gorj county, at a depth of 6.3 kilometers.