2 Earthquakes Registered in Romania's Vrancea near Bulgaria

A 3.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Vrancea County in Romania. Map by Wikipedia

Two earthquakes with a 3.5 magnitude on the Richter scale have been registered in Romania's region of Vrancea, some 380 km northeast of Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

The information was reported by local media, citing the Romanian National Geophysics Institute. The shocks occurred at 3:30 am Thursday at depth of 134 km and 150 km.

There are no reports of casualties, injuries or material damage unlike the 7.6-magnitude Vrancea earthquake from March 1977 that killed 1 600 persons in Romania and Bulgaria, and damaged 8 500 buildings. The Bulgarian casualties in the town of Svishtov were 120.

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