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2009-04-25 mb 5.3 ROMANIA

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Magnitude	mb 5.3
Region	ROMANIA
Date time	2009-04-25 17:18:48.1 UTC
Location	45.70 N ; 26.63 E
Depth	96 km
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Witness location : Sfantu Gheorghe (Romania) (68 km W from epicenter)

the mobile phone had no signal for a few minutes

Witness location : Brasov (Romania) (80 km W from epicenter)

It started as an impact-like vertical movement, then a weaker horizontal movement for about 10 seconds.

Witness location : Brasov (Romania) (80 km W from epicenter)

at the begining it was a movement in vertical plan, like a lift up, followed by a short pause and after a second or two begun the horizontal movement

Witness location : Brasov (Romania) (80 km W from epicenter)

Miscarea am sintit-o pe directia NNE-SSV, amplitudinea miscarii estimata personal ...cam 5Cm.

Miscarea s-a simtit in doua reprize.

Nu s-a auzit nici un sunet.

Witness location : Brasov (Romania) (80 km W from epicenter)

I heard that it was expected to happen an earthquake around this dates in Romania. How is that possible?

Witness location : Urlati (Romania) (86 km S from epicenter)

Although pictures and furniture were not displaced, the building shook visibly. The wooden framework creaked but there were no cracking or tearing sounds.

Witness location : 350 Km NE Sofia (Bulgaria) (89 km S from epicenter)

liuleeha se leko prachkite za navivane na shtorite /okolo 30 sekundi/.razklati se leko stola na koito sedeh.

Witness location : Ploiesti (Romania) (97 km SW from epicenter)

I felt it for about 10-15 seconds. At first it was just a sound like a big truck approachig but it wasn't coming from the road but from the East in the epicentral location. Next i felt the floor waving under my feeet and the noise grew in intensity. Everyone felt the earthquake  but my 2 birds didn't seemed scared

Witness location : 50 Km S Buzau (Romania) (112 km S from epicenter)

Alarmarea vizibila a animalelor si pasarilor inaintea cutremurului in ordinea: 1. Pisica (cu cateva minute inainte de producerea cutremurului !), 2.Curcile, 3. Caini, 4. Alte pasari de curte.

Witness location : Galati (Romania) (114 km E from epicenter)

people lack education regarding behavior during and after earthquake. they should be more informed regarding the matter.

Witness location : Galati (Romania) (114 km E from epicenter)

As far as I've seen on TV news and over the internet no damages noticed.

Witness location : Braila (Romania) (115 km SE from epicenter)

 Da,imediat dupa seism,mijloacele de comunicatii au picat atat telefonia mobila cat si fixa.Explicatii ? Da,desi au profituri uriase,companiile de telefonie nu fac investitii pentru a suporta convorbiri simultane nici macar pentru jumatate din abonati probabil.Telefonul mobil tb sa fie obiectul cel mai la indemana in aceste situatii,este imperios necesar sa il putem folosi MAI ALES in astfel de situatii si nu "Martea dupa 0ra 20.00" asa cum promoveaza tarifele promotionale unele companii de telefonie.

Witness location : Vaslui (Romania) (136 km NE from epicenter)

the P wave was significant enough to alert me, but after some 10  seconds of no motion but deep rumbling(like many trucks passing by) S came with some seconds of side to side shaking that made difficult standing up, and one or two chaotic shakes (very scary,it made me take cover as I previously thought it was a small one,  considering the  weak P)