M3.8 earthquake Romania
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in Romania on Sat, Jun 23, 1979, 11:21 PM GMT+3 (20:21 UTC), 167 km (104 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-06-23 20:21:29 UTC
- Depth
- 167.0 km (103.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 45.580° N, 26.412° 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.
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.36 km NW of Lop?tari, Romania · 17251 days ago · 133 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.32 km NW of Jari?tea, Romania · 17218 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayRomania earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00011gn. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC.