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Earthquake With 4 Richter Magnitude Felt Wednesday Morning In E Romania

An earthquake of a 4 degrees magnitude on the Richter scale occurred Wednesday morning, at 06:13 local time, in the eastern Romanian region of Vrancea and was also felt in capital city Bucharest, according to the Romanian Earth Physics Research Institute.
Earthquake With 4 Richter Magnitude Felt Wednesday Morning In E Romania
27 mai 2009, 10:38, English

The quake occurred at a depth of 130 kilometers with a level III intensity on the Mercalli scale at the epicenter.

On May 12, an earthquake with a 4.2 magnitude on the Richter scale also occurred in Vrancea and it was not felt in Bucharest. 
 
On April 25, an earthquake of a 5.3 degrees magnitude on the Richter scale occurred in Vrancea and was felt in capital city Bucharest with an intensity of 3-4 degrees on the Mercalli scale.
 
The quake was also felt in the Republic of Moldova and northern Bulgaria.