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An intense seismic activity started on February, 2023, close to Targu Jiu city, in Gorj region (Romania), as part of the Getic Depression. The earthquakes were located nearby the contact between Getic Depression and the Carpathians orogen. The seismic sequence consisted of more than 3100 foreshocks with the highest magnitude of Mw=4.9 (occurred on 13 February 2023), respectively Mw= 5.4 (on 14 February). A stable and automatic method, implemented and optimized in the real time data acquisition and processing syste...

An intense seismic activity started in February 2023, close to Targu Jiu city, in the Oltenia region (Romania). The strongest events occurred on 13th and 14th February, the first shock with ML=5.2, and respectively the second shock with ML=5.7. These main shocks were followed by specific seismicity bursts (about 2000 foreshocks were registered). The focal depth of the events ranges from 1 to 20 km, most of them being situated in the 10-20 km depth interval. The area of interest is tectonically complex with various...