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Romania is a country with severe seismic conditions: more than half of its territory is subjected, periodically, to earthquakes having intensities I = VII … IX MM. After the strong earthquake of November, 1940 (Richter M = 7.4), another severe seismic event occurred on March 4, 1977; it produced heavy damage: 32 high-rise buildings collapsed in Bucharest, two small towns - Zimnicea and Alexandria- were, practically, destroyed. About 3000 people were killed and 12,000 injured.
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Crainic, L. (1999). Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Romania. In: Wenzel, F., Lungu, D., Novak, O. (eds) Vrancea Earthquakes: Tectonics, Hazard and Risk Mitigation. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4748-4_18
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