In the 30th aniversary of the earthquake, on March 4th 1977, an earthquake simulacre" (not simulation) was made in Bucharest streets by General Inspectorate for Emergency Situation (IGSU). It did show, it seems, failures in the reaction protocal in case of hazards. At the same time, "Gandul" published that frightening article, that was afterwards to be rejected as "alarmist" and "Holiwood-like". Thats why all the news on that report you find say "the experts" from a "public research centre". That should be, maybe, the National Centre for Seismic Risk reduction, supported by JICA, but couldn't find scientific reports published on the web. http://cnrrs.utcb.ro/)

As you asked the report in Romanian, I send you the link of a 2007 news form a different newspaper than Gandul where they show their disconformity with the alarmism of the "Gandul earthquake".

http://www.ultima-ora.ro/archive.php?action=toDetail&article_id=238

I can't advise you who to believe to, sincerely. I wasn't in Bucharest in 2007, so I can't tell you the reality of the scandal. And while I did some reading on this issue, I did find some papers on earthquake simulation, but from the point of view of the natural phenomenun, and other reports on risk perception by population. I haven't found a scientific report on consequences for buildings and civil population for us to have "non-journalistic" data. They may exist, of course...


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