• Vrancea may refer to: Vrancea County, Romania Vrancea Mountains, Romania Vrancea, a village in Burila Mare Commune, Mehedinţi County This disambiguation...
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    Vrancea (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈvrant͡ʃe̯a]) is a county (județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia...
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    The 1977 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 4 March 1977, at 21:22 local time, and was felt throughout the Balkans. It had a magnitude of 7.5, making it the...
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    The Vrancea Mountains (Romanian: Munții Vrancei) are a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians in Romania. Located mostly in western Vrancea County...
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    area. The seismicity of Romania is clustered in several epicentral zones: Vrancea, Făgăraș-Câmpulung, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, and Southern Dobrogea. Other...
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  • The 1940 Vrancea earthquake, also known as the 1940 Bucharest earthquake, (Romanian: Cutremurul din 1940) occurred on Sunday, 10 November 1940, in Romania...
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    The 2014 Vrancea earthquake struck Vrancea County on 22 November 2014 at 21:14:17 local time, with a moment magnitude of 5.7. The earthquake occurred...
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  • The 1802 Vrancea earthquake occurred in the Vrancea Mountains of today's Romania (then Moldavia) on 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1802, on St. Paraskeva's...
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    1990 Vrancea earthquakes were three earthquakes on 30 and 31 May 1990 with magnitudes of 7.0 Mw and 6.2 Mw  that struck the Romanian county of Vrancea, on...
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    This is a list of earthquakes in Vrancea County. Note: The list includes only at least M5.0 earthquakes. List of earthquakes in Romania...
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  • The 1738 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 11 June [O.S. 31 May] 1738, during the third rule of Constantin Mavrocordat. The seism aroused great panic and...
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  • Striking central Romania on August 30 at 21:28 UTC, the 1986 Vrancea earthquake killed more than 150 people, injured over 500, and damaged over 50,000...
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    Vulturu is a commune located in the southeastern part of Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Boțârlău, Hângulești, Maluri, Vadu-Roșca...
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    Focșani (category Populated places in Vrancea County)
    [fokˈʃanʲ] ; Yiddish: פֿאָקשאַן, romanized: Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region...
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    Broșteni is a commune located in Vrancea County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Arva, Broșteni and Pitulușa. "Populaţia rezidentă...
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    Golești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ceardac and Golești. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă...
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    Dumbrăveni is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Alexandru Vlahuță, Cândești, Dragosloveni, and Dumbrăveni...
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    Movilița is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Diocheți-Rediu, Frecăței, Movilița, Trotușanu and Văleni. "Populaţia...
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    Negrilești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Negrilești. Formerly part of Bârsești, it split off in...
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    Vidra is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Burca, Irești, Ruget, Scafari, Șerbești, Tichiriș, Vidra, Viișoara...
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    Bălești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Bălești. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă...
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    Popești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Popești and Terchești. These were part of Urechești Commune until...
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    other sources) on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was in the Vrancea Mountains, and it led to substantial destruction: 78 deaths and 2,795 damaged...
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    Păulești is a commune in Vrancea County, Romania, with a population of 2,257. It is composed of two villages, Hăulișca (population: 770) and Păulești...
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    Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Portugal Azores Romania Vrancea Russia Samoa Saudi Arabia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea...
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    Constanța, Dâmbovița, Giurgiu, Iași, Ilfov, Prahova, Sibiu, Timiș, Bacău and Vrancea counties. The chain was established in 1995. In 2000 it was acquired by...
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    Mera is a commune in Romania. It is located in Vrancea County. It is composed of five villages: Livada, Mera, Milcovel, Roșioara, and Vulcăneasa. According...
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  • The 1838 Vrancea earthquake struck the western part of Vrancea County on 23 January (O.S. 11 January) with a magnitude of 7.5. The seism caused extensive...
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    Vânători is a commune located in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Balta Raței, Jorăști, Mirceștii Noi, Mirceștii...
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    Ceaușescu's megalomaniac plans. On 4 March 1977, an earthquake centred in Vrancea, about 135 km (83.89 mi) away, claimed 1,500 lives and caused further damage...
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