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2012-12-01 mb 4.6 ROMANIA

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Magnitude	mb 4.6
Region	ROMANIA
Date time	2012-12-01 20:52:07.0 UTC
Location	45.75 N ; 26.76 E
Depth	78 km
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Witness location : Focsani (Romania) (34 km E from epicenter)

Short but slightly powerful.

Witness location : Târgu Secuiesc (Romania) (55 km NW from epicenter)

it lasted a only few seconds

Witness location : Onești (Romania) (56 km N from epicenter)

My building is not secure / safe because age

Witness location : Liești (Romania) (59 km E from epicenter)

Un cutremus usor, cu o durata de cateva secunde (probabil 6-7 secunde). Abia daca s-a simtit. Singurele obiecte pe care le-am remarcat miscandu-se au fost: monitorul calculatorului si lustra. 
Cutremurul nu a fost simtit de membrii familiei care se aflau in miscare in timpul producerii. Eu am fost singurul care l-a simtit, fiind asezat pe scaun.

Witness location : Bacau (Romania) (92 km N from epicenter)

La mine in Bacau cutremurul s-a simtit. A fost relativ scurt dar accentuat. In momentul respectiv eram la calculator si pot spune ca, pe langa faptul ca vibra monitorul si masa, l-am simtit si la nivelul podelei.

Witness location : Bacau (Romania) (92 km N from epicenter)

The movement was in vertical plan at the beginning, then in horizontal plan. All it takes 3-5 seconds.

Witness location : Bacau (Romania) (92 km N from epicenter)

it felt like it last only 1-2 seconds.
was getting ready to jump out of bed and alarm my sleeping parents but it was over and i calmed down. then i've started browsing ur website to see if what i felt was indeed an earthquake or was it just me (there are not many earthquakes here ...at least, we can't really feel them in this location)

Witness location : Bacau (Romania) (92 km N from epicenter)

Short, but strong. Phew...

Witness location : Râșnov (Romania) (103 km W from epicenter)

It was short !

Witness location : Galati (Romania) (106 km E from epicenter)

exchange of information about how to react, what  the risks are. I understood that people are not educated how and what can be done in case of earthquakes. Galati city as Bucharest too is very exposed to all earthquakes that often take place in Vrancea epicenter. Most of the earthquakes were during the night and this make people more exposed and unable to save them or trying to stay as safe as possible.

Witness location : Ploiesti (Romania) (107 km SW from epicenter)

It felt like a short but firm push.

Witness location : Braila (Romania) (108 km SE from epicenter)

Nu s-a simtit la Braila

Witness location : Roman (Romania) (132 km N from epicenter)

s-a simtit si in piatra neamt,leganat de pat

Witness location : Piatra Neamt (Romania) (134 km NW from epicenter)

La Piatra Neamt s-a resimitit in 2 reprize scurte, a doua mai intensa.

Witness location : Piatra Neamt (Romania) (134 km NW from epicenter)

M-am speriat...

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

short movement,but strong...i felt i because i was in bed,was quiet around...

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

felt it for like 1 or 2 seconds because of my fake walls who started making aome noise. i also hear very very very well and i am very attentive...i also have 2 cats who felt absolutely nothing out of the ordinary...sometimes i feel an earthquake and nobody around the house believes me so...

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

Felt from N-S, short, strong but not alarming.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

At the 10th floor in Bucharest it wasn't nice at all. It last for 5 sec I guess.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

I didn't feel it, but I was smoking at the window and saw an unusual shaking of the tree in front of my window. I thought somebody threw something out the window, but there was nothing on the ground and the shaking was too fast and weird. I figured it out an hour later, when I checked EMSC.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

My entire family (five of us) felt a single, gentle jolt, as if our chairs shifted underneath us.  We've felt that very motion before in a past earthquake of exactly that magnitude, so we sensed immediately what it was.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

La mine in zona actioneaza o presa uriasa care-mi da cutremure de 3-4 grade zilnic. Deci basinile astea de 4-6 grade din Romania nu ma fac decat sa dorm mai bine.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

I felt dizzy during the earthquake

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

Very short, just a quick jolt.

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

Very short but felt a little strong

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

Very slow movements

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

The direction of swaying was NW-SW

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

am simtit un usor leganat timp de cateva secunde

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (155 km S from epicenter)

short & strong

Witness location : Iasi (Romania) (169 km N from epicenter)

Cela ressemblait a un camion qui percutait a forte allure le bâtiment 3 fois de suite.

Witness location : Iasi (Romania) (169 km N from epicenter)

I felt the bed shook a little, i live on the 2nd floor but my parents, in the living room, didn't feel a thing.

Witness location : Iasi (Romania) (169 km N from epicenter)

A strong but very short shake

Witness location : Calarasi (Romania) (178 km S from epicenter)

I am 41 years old and i know what a earthquake is, beacause in my living area i felt many. The first one I remeber very well is the earthquake in 1977. Is not the only one. I am really scared, but not panic because I learn how to react. Tonight was one mouvment, very short, but was strong enough to recognize the earthquake and go in a safe place in my flat.

Witness location : Chisinau (Moldova) (214 km NE from epicenter)

Shaking walls
Creepy

Witness location : Giurgiu (Romania) (215 km S from epicenter)

S-a simtit destul de puternic la ultimul etaj.

Witness location : Giurgiu (Romania) (215 km S from epicenter)

the liquid in the glasses was moving moderate

Witness location : Ruse (Bulgaria) (221 km S from epicenter)

Люшна в една посока просто като тласък и спря. Ако не беше полюлея дори се съмнявах че е имало трус.

Witness location : Zimnicea (Romania) (258 km SW from epicenter)

Un leganat...

Witness location : Svishtov (Bulgaria) (262 km SW from epicenter)

Осети се леко, полюлея се клати около 20-на секунди след земетресението.