A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Or?ova in Romania. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.57 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/20 / 2020-06-25 17:30:16 / June 25, 2020 @ 5:30 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 22.3894 East, latitude 44.711 North, depth = 12.57 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:30:16 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000abeg. Id of event: us7000abeg.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop), Serbia (c. 7 345 000 pop). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Drobeta-Turnu Severin (c. 102 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Târgu Jiu (c. 97 200 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Reşiţa (c. 81 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vidin (c. 54 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Zaječar (c. 49 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Požarevac (c. 41 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bor (c. 39 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vršac, Požarevac, Moţăţei.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km SSW of Or?ova, Romania.
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