An earthquake of degree 4.8 on the Richter scale has been registered Sunday afternoon in the western Romanian province of Hunedoara.
The quake was registered at 4:22 pm local time in the region of the town of Totesti, 1 km west and 18 km south of the city of Hunedoara.
Little before that, a weaker, 4.2-degree earthquake was registered with the same epicenter.
The second tremor has been feebly felt in the Vidin province in northwestern Bulgaria, reports the Focus Information Agency.
Earlier Sunday, a weaker, 3.0-degree earthquake was registered near the town of Mezdra, in Vratsa region, also in Bulgaria's northwest.