Magnitude-5.8 earthquake rattles Romania

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Magnitude-5.8 earthquake rattles Romania

Bucharest: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has rattled central and eastern Romania and was also felt in Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria, but there has been no reports of significant damage.

Bucharest, Romania.

Bucharest, Romania. Credit: Alamy

The tremor, which lasted for several seconds, occurred at 3:38 am Sunday, local time, in the eastern quake-prone region of Vrancea at a depth of 150 kilometres, Romania's National Earth Physics Institute said.

The quake woke residents in the capital, Bucharest, and elsewhere. Bucharest Ambulance Service spokeswoman Alice Grasu said a dozen or so residents telephoned immediately after the quake suffering from panic attacks.

Electricity was temporarily down in an area near the epicentre northeast of Bucharest. There were reports of pictures and plaster falling off walls in the capital.

Seismologists said that no aftershocks are expected.

AP

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