A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Gura Teghii in Romania on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 21:59:15 / May 16, 2025 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pzrh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pzrh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 130.723 km (81 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:59:15 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.4003 East, latitude 45.6071 North, depth = 130.723 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Măneşti, Răcăciuni, Asău (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Braşov (c. 276 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ploieşti (c. 228 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sfântu-Gheorghe (c. 60 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Câmpina (c. 41 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km N of Gura Teghii, Romania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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