13 October 2025
(PHOTO: Main Center for Special Control)
Two earthquakes occurred in the evening of October 12 and in the morning of October 13 in the Vrancea seismic zone and were felt in Odesa region.
According to the Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Earth Physics (INCDFP), both earthquakes did not reach magnitude four.
The first one occurred on October 12 at 20:48 at a depth of 121.6 kilometers with a magnitude of 3.7 near the following cities: 50 kilometers northwest of Buzau, 60 kilometers west of Focsani, 65 kilometers southeast of Sfantu Gheorghe, 68 kilometers east of Brasov, 71 kilometers northeast of Ploiesti.
The second one occurred on October 13 at 8:36 a.m. at a depth of 125.7 kilometers and reached a magnitude of 3.4. The earthquake occurred near the following cities: 30 kilometers west of Focsani, 68 kilometers north of Buzau, 80 kilometers east of Sfantu Gheorghe, 84 kilometers southwest of Barlad, 89 kilometers south of Baqueu, 94 kilometers east of Brasov.
The Vrancea seismic zone is one of the most active and dangerous seismic zones in Europe. It is located in the Carpathian Mountains, in the east of Romania, mainly within the Vranca County, which gave this geological area its name. Vranca is capable of generating strong earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7. Because of its great depth, tremors are often felt over large areas: in Romania itself, Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Odesa region in particular.
The last time an average earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 occurred was on August 24 at 7:15 a.m. (local time in Romania). Prior to that, an earthquake in the area occurred on June 23. Then the magnitude reached four. That earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.3 kilometers. And on the night of May 29, residents of Odesa region could also feel tremors caused by earthquakes in the Vrancea seismic zone in Romania. Two underground tremors with magnitudes of 3 and 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred.
Кирило Бойко