Earthquake — Romania: Bucharest, Braila, Brasov

When

30 May 1990

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.7

Where

Romania

Coordinates

45.84° N, 26.67° E

Deaths

14

Injuries

700

Damage musd

23.7

Intensity mmi

6

Depth km

89

Romanian powerful earthquake

The 1990 Vrancea earthquakes were three earthquakes on 30 and 31 May 1990 with magnitudes of 7.0 Mw and 6.2 Mw that struck the Romanian county of Vrancea, on two consecutive days. Severe damage in the Bucharest-Brăila-Brașov area was reported and dozens of casualties in Romania and neighbouring Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria.

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