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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Gura Teghii in Romania


Earthquake location 45.6071S, 26.4003WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.4003° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.6071° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.723 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km N 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 2025-05-16 21:59:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-17 00:31:05 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.34 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000pzrh Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzrh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzrh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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