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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Gura Teghii in Romania

Posted by admin on May 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 45.6036S, 26.4613WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Gura Teghii in Romania. Exact location, longitude 26.4613° East, latitude 45.6036° North, depth = 136.158 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 136.158 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:34:57 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pypm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pypm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 18:34:57 / May 11, 2025 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dărmăneşti, Corbasca, Livezi-Vale. The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Braşov (c. 276 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ploieşti (c. 228 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sfântu-Gheorghe (c. 60 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Câmpina (c. 41 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NNE of Gura Teghii, Romania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.4613° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.6036° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.158 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km NNE of Gura Teghii, Romania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-11 18:34:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-11 18:48:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.38 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pypm Id of event.
Event Code 7000pypm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pypm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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