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Moderate 4.5 quake hits near Focsani, Municipiul Focşani, Vrancea, Romania #800231 Thu 26 Feb 2026 05:52:PM
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OP Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA	Moderate 4.5 quake hits near Focsani, Municipiul Focşani, Vrancea, Romania Just 29 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Focsani, Municipiul Focşani, Vrancea, Romania. The tremor was recorded early evening on Thursday, February 26th, 2026, at 7:21 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 110.48 km below the surface. The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it. A second report was later issued by The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.4, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) at magnitude 4.6, Romania's National Institute for Earth Physics (NIEP) at magnitude 4.4, The Seismological Survey of Serbia (SSS) at magnitude 4.5, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.6, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 3.5, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 4.5. Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Paltin (pop. 3,700) located 2 km from the epicenter, Focsani (pop. 66,600) 36 km away, Adjud (pop. 15,200) 48 km away, Ramnicu Sarat (pop. 38,500) 52 km away, Targu Secuiesc (pop. 20,100) 52 km away, Tecuci (pop. 41,200) 54 km away, Buzau (pop. 103,500) 72 km away, Comanesti (pop. 23,700) 74 km away, and Moinesti (pop. 24,000) 78 km away. VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake. Earthquake data: Date & time: Feb 26, 2026 07:21 pm (GMT +2) local time (26 Feb 2026 17:21 GMT) Magnitude: 4.5 Depth: 110.48 km Epicenter latitude / longitude: 45.79°N / 26.74°E (Comuna Nistoresti, Vrancea, Romania) Primary data source: USGS https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/296045/Moderate-45-quake-hits-near-Focsani-Municipiul-Focani-Vrancea-Romania.html