National Geophysics Institute

An 4.5 magnitude earthquake has been registered in the Romanian seismic region of Vrancea, the National Geophysics Institute of the country reported, quoted by BTA. The quake struck at 14.52 pm local time at a depth of 116 km.

There are no reports of casualties and destruction. This is the strongest earthquake recorded in Romania this year, TASS notes.

Earthquake with the magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale was registered today at 13:27 in the seismic area Vrancea in the Northeastern part of Romania, reports Agerpress, according to data provided by the National Geophysics Institute.