5.7 magnitude earthquake rattles Romania, second in 2 days

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 rattled Romania Tuesday, second tremor of similar magnitude to shake country in 24 hours. serious dam was reported in eir case.

quake on Tuesday occurred at 3:16 p.m. in Romania's southwest Gorj County at a depth of approximately 40 km (25 miles), data from Romania’s National Earth Physics Institute shows.

quake was reportedly felt in capital, Bucharest, and rrn city of Cluj in rth. Social media posts showed supermarket products that had purportedly fallen from ir shelves during quake.

Local emergency authorities in Gorj Couty said in a statement Tuesday that y didn't receive any calls related to earthquake and that dam or casualties were reported.

It was second earthquake to hit Romania’s Oltenia region in as many days. On Monday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 was reported at a depth of 13.2 kilometers (8 miles).

Aftershocks above magnitude 3 followed both quakes.