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Witness location : Odobești (Romania) (14 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

Big one......

Witness location : Focșani (Romania) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Strong

Witness location : Focșani (Romania) (20 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Very powerful!

Witness location : Dragosloveni (Romania) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 74 min

Foarte puternic. Salutari din mama Vrancea...

Witness location : Onești (Romania) (52 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

I was in bed and my mom woke me up saying that is earthquake. I fell it preatty powerfull. Lasted 30-40 sec. I think.

Witness location : Onești (Romania) (53 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

S-a simtit puternic si lung

Witness location : Bacău (Romania) (81 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

Felt like 2 earthquakes. One powerful for few seconds then one long with NS horizontal movements.

Witness location : Galați (Romania) (82 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27057 min

Cumplit!!! Ingrozitor de lung!!

Witness location : Galați (Romania) (83 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 210 min

I never felt like this an earthquake.

Witness location : Buzău (Romania) (83 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

A fost foarte puternic in Buzau.

Witness location : Buzău (Romania) (83 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 96 min

Big and long

Witness location : Galați (Romania) (85 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 125 min

All my family is in shock...we are afraid to sleep now :(

Witness location : Brăila (Romania) (89 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 88 min

A fost pentru prima dată de la cel din 1990 când am crezut că va cădea blocul, așa amplitudine mare a avut și parcă nu se mai oprea,

Witness location : Brăila (Romania) (90 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Hata-hata

Witness location : Brăila (Romania) (91 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 139 min

La Brăila cutremurul s-a simțit destul de tare la etajul 3 și a durat 30-50 sec. , s-a propagat pe direcție N-S. Credem că nu se mai termină.

Witness location : Vaslui (Romania) (95 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 962 min

lasted about a minute. strongest in recent years

Witness location : Leova (Moldova) (109 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Puternic!

Witness location : Sâncrăieni (Romania) (113 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Lamp was  slightly moving,  furniture made some noises. Lasted at least 20 seconds or more.

Witness location : Roznov (Romania) (118 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 95 min

Bed started moving. First for one sec, after 5 mins hard shaking 3 sec.

Witness location : Roman (Romania) (119 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

S-a simtit destul de tare

Witness location : Brașov (Romania) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

Scary

Witness location : Brașov (Romania) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 89 min

Destul de bine simtit in brasov :(

Witness location : Brașov (Romania) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

S-a simțit și în Brașov.

Witness location : Ploiești (Romania) (136 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

I felt for six seconds.

Witness location : Ploiești (Romania) (138 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

S-a simtit destul de puternic si in Ploiesti.

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (145 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Pretty long. I think more than 20 sec.

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (147 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

My three dogs was very, very restless before earthquake. Daily, they are sleeping at this hour (nine o'clock) and nothing disturb it. But not today

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (147 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

I was with a friend in Pallas Mall. We felt nothing. I found out about when i came back home.

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (147 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 87 min

Felt in Iasi

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (147 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 132 min

Shake was clearly felt here too

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (147 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

In a gas station in Vaslui, a few seconds of slight oscillations that intensified for about 10-15 seconds, horizontally (table and lights swang), then it decreased. Might have felt a couple of small aftershocks in the following minutes, but not really certain.

Witness location : Iași (Romania) (148 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

My sleeping cat jump living the bed

Witness location : Tulcea (Romania) (149 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

We Are in the 3rd floor in Hotel Delta in Tulcea, Rumania. Earthquake about 30 seconds Heavy horizontal movement of the Big Building. The whole bed. was shaking intensively. No damage.

Witness location : Tulcea (Romania) (149 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Was quite powerfull!

Witness location : Tulcea (Romania) (150 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 52 min

We felt it strongly in Tilcea in 3rd floor. Heavy horizontal movement no damages.

Witness location : Balotești (Romania) (161 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 721 min

Just a the lights were swinging slightly, no imminent danger.

Witness location : Voluntari (Romania) (172 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Eram pe scaun si am inceput sa ma misc

Witness location : Voluntari (Romania) (172 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 207 min

Al 6-lea cutremur

Witness location : Voluntari (Romania) (172 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 159 min

Announced by the notification device....

Witness location : Mogoșoaia (Romania) (175 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It was sensable, maybe not sygnificant, but you could have noticed

Witness location : București (Romania) (177 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Strong enough

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (177 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Quite long. About 30 seconds. Plenty of swaying on the 6th floor.

Witness location : Chitila (Romania) (177 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Felt like a long one

Witness location : București (Romania) (177 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Long. 30 seconds.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (178 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

8 floor very long

Witness location : București (Romania) (178 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Big swaying horizontally.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (178 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Very long one !
Enough time to ask yourself if suddenly it will become worse ....
You should add a parameter of earthquake duration !
Is very important

Witness location : București (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Destul de puternic.

Witness location : Durlești (Moldova) (179 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Chisinau, Moldova

Witness location : București (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 77 min

Destul de puternic si in Bucuresti! Parintii mei mi-au spus ca in Galati a fost foarte puternic! Au cazut obiecte de pe pereti, borcane in camara! Am vazut ca a fost si o replica de 2,1!

Witness location : București (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt long

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Was standing and felt it.  Breakfast bar wobbled, ceiling lamps swaying, wall mounted pictures unmoved

Witness location : București (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

there was an earthquake in Bucharest. it took 11 seconds an had mild horizontal motion.

Witness location : București (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 162 min

Felt very well with E-W moving. 30-40 seconds. Ceiling lamps and water in tank moving.

Witness location : Chişinău (Moldova) (179 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Destul de tare in Chisinau

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

A fost puternic,mai ales la etajul 9

Witness location : București (Romania) (180 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 158 min

Bucharest - strong but short

Witness location : Chişinău (Moldova) (180 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Как обычно, сначала короткий слабый толчок, потом секунд 20 более сильно трясло. Но не как в прошлый раз, как то более плавно. Встал у окна и смотрел как фонари и гирлянды качались.