The 2014 Vrancea earthquake struck Vrancea County on 22 November 2014 at 21:14:17 local time, with a moment magnitude of 5.7.[1] The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 kilometers and lasted for thirty seconds. On the Mercalli scale the quake registered an intensity of VI (Strong).[2][3][4]
The earthquake was felt in northern Bulgaria and the Moldovan city of Chișinău. Towns located near the epicenter include: Mărășești (6 kilometers), Tecuci (22 kilometers), Focșani (21 kilometers), Adjud (25 kilometers) and Onești (51 kilometers).[1]
Mircea Radulian, the leader of Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica Pământului, reported that in Galați and Focșani, towns nearer the epicenter, moment magnitude measured over 6.0.[5]
^ ab"CUTREMUR puternic în Vrancea, resimţit şi în București şi în alte oraşe". 22 November 2014.
^Cutremur moderat de 5,7 grade in Vrancea -www.cutremur.net Archived 2016-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, accesat pe 23 noiembrie 2014
^"UPDATE Cutremur puternic, de magnitudine 5,7, resimtit si in Bucuresti. Cel mai mare seism din acest an. Cutremurul a avut mai multe replici". 2014-11-22.
^"Cutremur moderat de 5,7 grade in Vrancea". www.cutremur.net. Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
^"CUTREMUR PUTERNIC în VRANCEA. Acoperișuri CĂZUTE, locuințe FĂRĂ GAZE ȘI APĂ". 22 November 2014.
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