An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred the Vrancea seismic zone in Buzau County early on Wednesday morning, at 6:09 am local time, according to information published by the National Research and Development Institute for Earth Physics (INCDFP).
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.3 kilometres, near the following cities: 55 km east of Sfantu-Gheorghe, 56 km south of Focsani, 66 km east of Brasov, 68 km south of Buzau and 90 km north of Ploiesti.
Since the beginning of November, six earthquakes measuring between 2.1 and 3.6 on the Richter scale have occurred in Romania.
The strongest earthquake recorded this year, measuring 4.8, occurred in Buzau County on 19 October.
