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5.7 magnitude earthquake rattles Romania, 2nd in 2 days

A building carries a sign that indicates risk of collapse in the case of an earthquake in Bucharest, Romania, April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A building carries a sign that indicates risk of collapse in the case of an earthquake in Bucharest, Romania, April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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BUCHAREST, Romania -

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 rattled Romania Tuesday, the second tremor of similar magnitude to shake the country in 24 hours. No serious damage was reported in either case.

The 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.

The quake was reportedly felt in the capital, Bucharest, and the northern city of Cluj in the north. Social media posts showed supermarket products that had purportedly fallen from their shelves during the quake.

Local emergency authorities in Gorj County said in a statement Tuesday that they didn't receive any calls related to the earthquake and that no damage or casualties were reported.

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

Aftershocks above magnitude 3 followed both quakes.

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