During the 1977 Romanian earthquake there were allegedly not many buildings destroyed by the earthquake itself . Most of the destruction is said to have actually been done after the natural disaster by bulldozer , being ordered by communist authorities , as an excuse to create a new town from scratch on a new design . Only ten years later , the newly built infrastructure was already falling apart mainly due to poor workmanship ; Local industry has declined since the fall of the communist regime , as did the population
1977 Romanian earthquake
1977 Vrancea earthquake
Zimnicea