M5.1 earthquake 8 km NE of Ca?oca, Romania
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Ca?oca, Romania on Thu, May 31, 1979, 10:20 AM GMT+3 (07:20 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-05-31 07:20:06 UTC
- Depth
- 120.0 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 45.552° N, 26.327° E
- Region
- Romania
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 179
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.44 km E of Ige?ti, Romania · 17280 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.23 km SW of Tecuci, Romania · 17279 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.8Romania · 17263 days ago · 167 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.36 km NW of Lop?tari, Romania · 17251 days ago · 133 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001110 (also filed as gcmtb053179a, gcmt19790531072006, iscgem665955). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.