M4.2 earthquake 1 km SSW of Borde?ti, Romania
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 1 km SSW of Borde?ti, Romania on Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 8:08 AM GMT+2 (06:08 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 9 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-12 06:08:31 UTC
- Depth
- 17.8 km (11.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.533° N, 27.042° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.04 km NE of ?ife?ti, Romania · 4273 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.59 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania · 4269 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 4.117 km WSW of Nereju Mic, Romania · 4264 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.25 km WNW of Nereju Mic, Romania · 4240 days ago · 144 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000terv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.