Two earthquakes occurred in the evening of October 12 and the morning of October 13 in the Vrancea seismic zone, which could be felt in the Odesa Region. This was reported by the Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Earth Physics (INCDFP).
Both earthquakes did not reach magnitude four.
The first occurred on October 12 at 08:48 pm at a depth of 121.6 kilometers with a magnitude of 3.7 near the following cities: 50 kilometers northwest of Buzău, 60 kilometers west of Focsani, 65 kilometers southeast of Sfantu Gheorghe, 68 kilometers east of Brașov, 71 kilometers northeast of Ploiești.
The second one occurred on October 13 at 8:36 am at a depth of 125.7 kilometers and reached a magnitude of 3.4. The earthquake occurred near the following cities: 30 kilometers west of Focsani, 68 kilometers north of Buzău, 80 kilometers east of Sfantu Gheorghe, 84 kilometers southwest of Bărlad, 89 kilometers south of Bacău, 94 kilometers east of Brașov.
Vrancea seismic zone
This is one of the most active and dangerous seismic zones in Europe. It is located in the Carpathians, in eastern Romania, mainly within the Vrancea county, which gave its name to this geological area. Vrancea is capable of generating strong earthquakes, with a magnitude of over 7. Due to the great depth, tremors are often felt over large areas: in Romania itself, Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine, in particular in the Odesa Region.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of May 17, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 occurred in the Vrancea seismic zone in Romania. The earthquake's echoes were also heard in the south of the Odesa Region, as well as in Moldova and Bulgaria.
Before that, as Ukrainian News Agency reported, residents of the Odesa Region felt an earthquake on May 11, also with a magnitude of 4.2.
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