Two earthquakes occurred near Odesa region

On the night of May 29, residents of Odesa region could feel tremors caused by earthquakes in the Vrancea seismic zone in Romania.

According to the National Institute for Research and Development in Earth Physics (INCDFP), two earthquakes with magnitudes of 3 and 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred.

The first earthquake was recorded at 3:08 a.m. at a depth of more than 125 km, and the second at 3:45 a.m. at a depth of more than 144 km in Buzau County.

There was no damage or casualties in Odesa region. The infrastructure was not damaged.

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 Vrancea County, which gave this geological area its name. Vranca is capable of generating strong earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7. Due to its great depth, tremors are often felt over large areas: in Romania itself, Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Odesa region in particular.

Thus, the 4.2 magnitude tremors that occurred in Romania could be felt by residents of Izmail district in Odesa region after midnight on May 16 and 17.

Also, on May 15, during a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred in Turkey. The tremors were felt in Ankara.

On May 11, tremors with a magnitude of 4.6 were recorded at 21:34 in the Vrancea zone. Then the tremors occurred 49 kilometers west of the Romanian city of Foxhounds.

In the evening, on April 18, an earthquake also occurred in the Vranca seismic center. The tremors had a magnitude of 3.5. They could be felt by residents of Izmail district in Odesa region.

One of the strongest earthquakes in the Vrancea zone occurred on March 4, 1977, had a magnitude of 7.4 and killed more than 1500 people in Romania.

Ірина Глухова