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Bucharest suffered on repeated occasions strong damages as a result of the Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes, located in a confined isolated focal volume beneath the Eastern Carpathians Arc bend. The particular seismic energy radiation and the seismic cycle in Vrancea focus, characterized by 2–3 major shocks (M w > 7.0) per century, lead to a high level of the seismic risk in Bucharest.
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Mândrescu, N., Radulian, M. (1999). Seismic Microzoning of Bucharest (Romania): A Critical Review. 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_11
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