Cutremurul de pamant din Marea Neagra

[Alex]

Un seism de 4,8 grade pe scara Richter s-a produs astazi 5 august 2009
in Marea Neagra in apropiere de tarmul bulgaresc, la o adancime de 10
km (EMSC).

Cutremurul s-a simtit in zona litoralului romanesc cu o intensitate de
VI grade Mercalli iar in Bucuresti intensitatea a fost de V - VI grade
Mercalli.

Nu s-au produs pagube materiale si nu sunt cazuri de persoane ranite
in urma acestui cutremur.

Site-ul cutremur.net a fost blocat la scurt timp dupa producerea
seismului de numarul mare de utilizatori. Pana la remedierea situatiei
functiile acestuia au fost preluate de site-ul de back-up care poate
fi accesat la http://www.cutremur.com

Declaratiile persoanelor care au simtit seismul:

Witness location : 0km Varna (Bulgaria) (65 km W from epicenter)
"It was a strong, but brief horizontal swinging in west-east direction
for about 2-3 seconds."

Witness location : Dobric (Bulgaria) (70 km W from epicenter)
"Some people reported visible cracks on walls in the near by town of
Shabla - not confirmed yet."

Witness location : Constanta (Romania) (88 km NW from epicenter)
"Estimez ca s-a simtit pret de 5-6 secunde, si am resimtit vreo 3
smucituri."

Witness location : Veliki Preslav (Bulgaria) (151 km W from epicenter)
"It was very strange when i was siting and watching TV in Veliki
Preslav. From the nowhere i feel somethink like- when someone drop
some heavy objct on the ground and the graund start shaking for while.
At the begining i feel 2 or more vertical shakes (they was powerfull)
and after after these, it continue shaking like ordynaly quake with
horizontal shakes. That was strange."

Witness location : 2km SE Bucharest (Romania) (234 km NW from
epicenter)
"A fost asemenea legantului unei barci pe un lac."

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (236 km NW from epicenter)
"Car alarms started."

Witness location : Bucharest (Romania) (236 km NW from epicenter)
"strong as intensity but very short. only one powerful sway"

Witness location : 0km Bucharest (Romania) (236 km NW from epicenter)
"It was weak, short, but definitely was felt by many people in our
building (at work). I was on the second floor and the building have
six floors. I live and work in Bucharest, Romania. No damage, but the
building was shaking. "

Witness location : 0km NW Bucharest (Romania) (236 km NW from
epicenter)
"A durat aproximativ 5-6 secunde. A fost mai mult ca o leganare, cu
una sau doua smuncituri mai puternice."

Witness location: Varna (Bulgaria) (65 km W from epicenter)
"Immediately after the earthquake links of the mobile operator Mtel
was suspended at the time and still 20 minutes after the earthquake
the lines are down."

Witness location: Varna (Bulgaria) (65 km W from epicenter)
"Swing for more than minutes (according to me, no claims of accuracy).
During the oscillation frequency decreased and increased."

Witness location: 0km Varna (Bulgaria) (65 km W from epicenter)
"Earthquake was rather vertical, not horizontal. Strange is that he
felt only by the residents in the buildings but not people on the
street. The windows started to vibrate. I hope the information is
useful to you. Regards, Alice Simonyan "

Witness location : 0km Ruse (Bulgaria) (222 km W from epicenter)
"Even though I am closer to the center of the earthquake, the swinging
in my city continued around 2-3 seconds, while in other parts of the
country, which are as far as 300 kilometers from the center, the
swinging continued more than a minute."

[Alex]

Seismogramele inregistrate in Romania la acest seism pot fi accesate
aici: http://picasaweb.google.com/alex2128/Seismograme5August2009?feat=directlink