2013-10-05



A strong quake occurred in Vrancea region in intermediate depth. According to Romanian authorities, the quake had Magnitude 5.5. It was felt in Bucharest and other parts of eastern Romania, furthermore in Moldowia (Chisinau), Northern Bulgaria and southwestern Ukraine (Odessa).

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.3

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-10-06 04:37:20

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-10-06 01:37:20

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 20 km

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Romania

Oct 06 05:10

2.7

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I Felt It

Esztelnek - erzekelheto volt a foldrenges

Esztelnek - erzekelheto volt a foldrenges

Bucharest - Bed shaking about ten times about 4 times a second

Bucarest - Suffisamment fort pour me réveiller et réaliser que c'était un tremblement de terre. Une secousse seulement a priori.

Bucarest - Suffisamment fort pour me réveiller et réaliser que c'était un tremblement de terre. Une secousse seulement a priori.

Bucarest - Suffisamment fort pour me réveiller et réaliser que c'était un tremblement de terre. Une secousse seulement a priori.

Bucarest - Suffisamment fort pour me réveiller et réaliser que c'était un tremblement de terre. Une secousse seulement a priori.

Bucarest - Suffisamment fort pour me réveiller et réaliser que c'était un tremblement de terre. Une secousse seulement a priori.

Bucarest - Suffisamment fort pour me réveiller et réaliser que c'était un tremblement de terre. Une secousse seulement a priori.

Тирасполь - Люстра болталась еще 3 минуты

Ilfov, Bucharest - I was sleeping and woke up with the bed shaking

Ilfov, Bucharest - I was sleeping and woke up with the bed shaking

Ilfov, Bucharest - I was sleeping and woke up with the bed shaking

Бендеры - Проснулась от того что почувствовала что катаюсь на диване будто на качале

Бендеры - Проснулась от того что почувствовала что катаюсь на диване будто на качале

Бендеры - Проснулась от того что почувствовала что катаюсь на диване будто на качале

USGS

Nereju, Romania

Oct 06 01:37

5.3

135

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I Felt It

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova - Felt some light shakins

Bucharest - Felt like a window was closed by the wind, but no window was open... :)

Кишинев - Продолжительность около 15 секунд.

bucharest - s-a simtit bine de tot. chiar mi-a placut.

Кишинев - Продолжительность около 15 секунд.

кишинёв - 6

кишинёв - 6

constanta - Enough to wake me up

bucharest - Waked me up

bucharest - sector 4, fifth floor, short shaking , felt like somebdy came to wake me up. Noise like a strong wind hit thw window

Chisinau, Moldova - slight shaking and then one sudden jolt - lasted less than 60 seconds

Iasi - felt like one short minor shake, a stronger one followed by another minor shake, all 3-4 sec top.

Focsani - Woke up earlier...Afterward started to search for flashlight and cellphone (nearest to my bed). To wave of shock. Dogs started too bark outside.

bucharest - Everything started to shake

Bucharest - Woke me up and scared me. I really don't like earthquakes

Bucharest - I woke up few seconds before it started. It felt like a short stronger 2 seconds orizontal shaking east-west followed by a lighter shake that lasted another 3-4 seconds.

Измаил - ощущалась сначала вибрация секунд десять...довольно ощутимый толчок... после этого опять стихающая вибрация...

Измаил - ощущалась сначала вибрация секунд десять...довольно ощутимый толчок... после этого опять стихающая вибрация...

Измаил - ощущалась сначала вибрация секунд десять...довольно ощутимый толчок... после этого опять стихающая вибрация...

кишинев - 5

Одесса - Было страшно.

Одесса - Было страшно.

Chisinau, moldova - We woke up because the bed was shaking. We sleep on the second floor

Bucharest - Woke me up during the night with House shaking

Bucharest - Woke me up during the night with House shaking

Bucharest - Woke me up during the night with House shaking

Bucharest - Woken up by noise of shaking. Lasted very few seconds. Hard to tell exact details as was asleep.

bucuresti - Middle of night clear shake

bucuresti - Middle of night clear shake

bucuresti - Middle of night clear shake

измаил - На 5 этаже нас неплохо покачало
и здорово напугало

измаил - На 5 этаже нас неплохо покачало
и здорово напугало

Тирасполь - трясло сервант гремела посуда кошка царапала дверь хотела сбежать

Тирасполь - трясло сервант гремела посуда кошка царапала дверь хотела сбежать

Bucharest - short duration mild shaking -

Chisinau, moldova - We woke up because the bed was shaking. We sleep on the second floor

iasi - the entire building was moving in waves for a time.

Chisinau - It woke us up (on the 4th floor).

Одесса - 2 серии легких покачиваний. Стучала плохо закрытая дверца шкафа.

Одесса - 2 серии легких покачиваний. Стучала плохо закрытая дверца шкафа.

Bucharest - Woke me up strong shaking like a Jack Hammer for a short period 5-10 seconds. Items on dressing table shook. Ground floor sector 1 Bucharest. Odette

Черкассы - Скрипели и шатались дверцы от мебели, шаталась высокая подставка с вазонами, шатало на стуле

Черкассы - Скрипели и шатались дверцы от мебели, шаталась высокая подставка с вазонами, шатало на стуле

Черкассы - Скрипели и шатались дверцы от мебели, шаталась высокая подставка с вазонами, шатало на стуле

Черкассы - Скрипели и шатались дверцы от мебели, шаталась высокая подставка с вазонами, шатало на стуле

Bucharest - House shook for 3-4 seconds

Тирасполь - Люстра болталась еще 3 минуты

Bucharest - I am on 7th floor and it felt like the building was rocking side to side, quite evenly. Other earthquakes I've felt, I've been on the ground floor and the movement has been much less regular. The building I live in has been deemed likely to fall down in a strong earthquake.

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Constanta - Definitely woke me up and had me sitting up in my bed waiting for the next one!

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

Николаев - проснулась от того, то трясется кровать

EMSC

Romania

Oct 06 01:37

5.4

134

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Onesti - So far the strongest one I've felt in 18 years in Romania. It even woke my wife up. Light shaking and then a jolt and more light shaking. Probably lasted about 10 seconds total.

Galati - It started in force an then after 5-10 sec a seccond wave more powerful had stike.
It was long aprox 30s

GEOFON

Romania

Oct 06 01:37

5.3

20

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Bucharest - The shaking Woke me up

Cherkasy, Ukraine - I just felt like the floor is slightly shaking. Furnitures didn't shake, just room flowers have been shaking slightly. I was just curious if my feelings lied to me and found this...

Cherkasy, Ukraine - I just felt like the floor is slightly shaking. Furnitures didn't shake, just room flowers have been shaking slightly. I was just curious if my feelings lied to me and found this...

Buharest - I was sleeping and it shake about 5 secs or more. Light Shaking

Cherkasy, Ukraine - I just felt like the floor is slightly shaking. Furnitures didn't shake, just room flowers have been shaking slightly. I was just curious if my feelings lied to me and found this...

Bucharest - Quite shacky

Bucuresti - 2 tremors, maybe 10-15 seconds apart

Cherkasy, Ukraine - I just felt like the floor is slightly shaking. Furnitures didn't shake, just room flowers have been shaking slightly. I was just curious if my feelings lied to me and found this...

Cherkasy, Ukraine - I just felt like the floor is slightly shaking. Furnitures didn't shake, just room flowers have been shaking slightly. I was just curious if my feelings lied to me and found this...

Бендеры - Were light vibration items

Cherkasy, Ukraine - I just felt like the floor is slightly shaking.

Бендеры - Were light vibration items

Ruse, Bulgaria - Shaking of bed and tables etc for about 20 seconds. No damage noticed so far and none is expected. Surely the earthquake would have been felt more at higher floors. I am on the fourth floor.

Bucharest - wake me up

Русе - It passed :)

Smulti - I just weaked up

Iasi - Woke me up also

Galati (City), Romania - Galati (City), Romania, felt strong shaking. Walls moving, noise of building vibration heard.

calarasi - Lasted only a few seconds, felt strong, but not enough to throw things from shelves.

BRASOV - Moderate shake

bucuresti - strong enough to wake up me

Chisinau - Got woken up and started thinking, again, where would be the best place to go if it were more serious.

Chisinau - Ma trezit

bucharest - Felt it quite strong in bucharest. It was though short as duration.

Bucharest - The bed moved on the orinzontal

Chisinau - I'm new to earthquakes but it was enough to wake me up and send the stray dogs into a spin.

Chisinau - Woke me up I'm the middle of the night

Chisinau - Woke me up I'm the middle of the night

Chisinau - Woke me up I'm the middle of the night

Bucharest - Very strong shaking more than 5 seconds. Center of Bucharest. Entire bed moving, which woke me up!

Bucharest - Very strong shaking more than 5 seconds. Center of Bucharest. Entire bed moving, which woke me up!

Bucharest - Some objects fell from shelves, large furniture made noise, 2 doors were swinging. it woke me up. I live on 11th floor, probably I felt it more intense.

Chisinau - Трухануло хорошо.

Chisinau - Трухануло хорошо.

constanta romania - s-a simtit tare la c-ta stau la etaj 4 si m-a trezit din somn....nu mai scrieti prostii, mai bine dormiti decat sa fiti idioti.sper sa nu fie mai tare //de ce la tv nu se da nimic ...nu e breaking news acum...nu e nici un canal in direct???

constanta romania - s-a simtit tare la c-ta stau la etaj 4 si m-a trezit din somn....nu mai scrieti prostii, mai bine dormiti decat sa fiti idioti.sper sa nu fie mai tare //de ce la tv nu se da nimic ...nu e breaking news acum...nu e nici un canal in direct???

Varna, Bulgaria - The bed was shaking, woke me up, stopped in line 20 sec, no damages

Тирасполь - Проснулся от колебаний

Izmail - за 5-10 сек услышал непривычный странный гул. довольно сильных пару толчков.

Izmail - за 5-10 сек услышал непривычный странный гул. довольно сильных пару толчков.

Bucharest - woke me up, it was pretty short (seemed like 5-7 second)

Iasi - Short but strong earthquake. I was awaken by the S wave(horizontal shake).

Bacau - why important earthquake were during the nights ?

Bucharest - Short but Strong shake - 5-7 seconds

Bucharest - Never experienced tremors before but I think that was definitely an earthquake I just felt! Things started shaking moderately and I felt dizzy for about 30 seconds.

Южноукраинск - Я проснулась от тряски

Bucharest - Never experienced tremors before but I think that was definitely an earthquake I just felt! Things started shaking moderately and I felt dizzy for about 30 seconds.

Bucharest - 4:39. The shake wakes me up

Galati - mein erstes mal bin durch das schütteln aufgewacht

измаил - в 4:37

измаил - в 4:37

измаил - в 4:37

измаил - в 4:37

Bucharest - Never experienced tremors before but I think that was definitely an earthquake I just felt! Things started shaking moderately and I felt dizzy for about 30 seconds.

Кишинев - довольно сильно и продолжительно трясло! оч боюсь повтора...поэтому не сплю

Измаил - ((Слегка потрусило секунд 5.

Измаил - Слегка потрусило секунд 5.

Могилев-Подольский - Я просто чувствовал, что кравать слегка дрожит.

Могилев-Подольский - Я просто чувствовал, что кравать слегка дрожит.

Могилев-Подольский - Я просто чувствовал, что кравать слегка дрожит.

Veliko Tarnovo - Felt enough here in fourth floor of hotel to know it was an earthquake. Bed vibrating to light shaking.

Bucharest - One strong shake, and about 9 seconds of light shake

Измаил - начал пол вибрировать под ногами!но всех кто спал не проснулись в доме

Измаил - начал пол вибрировать под ногами!но всех кто спал не проснулись в доме

Bucharest - short time earthquake, maybe under 10sec, but stil wake me up

Bucharest - Never experienced tremors before but I think that was definitely an earthquake I just felt! Things started shaking moderately and I felt dizzy for about 30 seconds.

Bucharest - Very strong shaking more than 5 seconds. Center of Bucharest. Entire bed moving, which woke me up!

Brasov - felt it strong on 8th floor

Bucuresti - shaking/noise woke me up

Nikolaev - felt a slight swaying on the ninth floor

Ploiesti - scarry earthquake. it's among the first earthquakes i felt.

Тирасполь - Проснулся от колебаний и дребезжания люстры.

Bucharest - Waked up.

Измаил - В 4:37 довольно ощутимые толчки друг за дружкой с очень маленьким интервалом. В частном доме начала шататься люстра и дребезжали стекла в мебели...

Измаил - В 4:37 довольно ощутимые толчки друг за дружкой с очень маленьким интервалом. В частном доме начала шататься люстра и дребезжали стекла в мебели...

Bucharest - The shaking and the noise woke me up and the bird was agitating a lot

Bucharest - The shaking and the noise woke me up and the bird was agitating a lot

constanta - Enough to wake me up

Sfantu Gheorghe - I felt it quite good

Sfantu Gheorghe - I felt it quite good

Bucharest - scared me

Одесса - страшно было

Одесса - страшно было

Chisinau - Woke me up in the middle of the nights

Chisinau - Woke me up in the middle of the nights

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MMI II (Very weak shaking)

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People :
Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.

MMI III (Weak shaking)

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People :
Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.

MMI IV (Light shaking)

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People :
Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
Fittings :
Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
Structures :
Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.

MMI V (Moderate shaking)

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People :
Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
Fittings :
Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
Structures :
Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.

MMI VI (Strong shaking)

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People
Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
Fittings :
Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
Structures :
Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
Environment :
Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.

MMI VII (Very strong shaking)

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People
General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
Fittings :
Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
Structures :
Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
Environment :
Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).

MMI VIII (Severe shaking)

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People
Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected.

Structures :
Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down.

Environment :
Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.

MMI IX (Violent shaking)

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Structures
Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames.

Environment :
Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.

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