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Strong earthquake – Romania on October 6, 2013

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Magnitude : 5.4

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-10-06 04:37:21

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-10-06 01:37:21

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 134 km

Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFO
USGS Nereju, Romania Oct 06 01:37 5.3 135 MAP 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
  • EMSC Romania Oct 06 01:37 5.4 134 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Romania Oct 06 01:37 5.3 20 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • 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

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    City/Village where you felt the earthquake
    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    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) ?
    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) ?
    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) ?
    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) ?
    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) ?
    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) ?
    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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    Source: http://earthquake-report.com/2013/10/06/strong-earthquake-romania-on-october-6-2013/


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