3,5 Earthquake Hits Bulgaria's Sofia

Society » ENVIRONMENT | September 10, 2010, Friday // 10:42
Bulgaria: 3,5 Earthquake Hits Bulgaria's Sofia The 3,5 earthquake that shook the Bulgarian capital was the third and strongest so far quake to hit Sofia in the past two weeks. Photo by Google Maps

The earthquake that shook the Bulgarian capital at 10:11 am on Friday had a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was 3 km southeast of Sofia.

Though it ranked low on the Richter scale and was of short duration, the tremor was felt strongly in the central districts of the capital, sending some people out on the streets.

The epicenter of the quake has not been registered yet but it was felt storngly than the previous quakes in Sofia.

This is third earthquake in Sofia for the past two weeks.

On Thursday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 on the Richter scale was felt around Sofia. On Friday early morning another quake hit southwest from Sofia but was not felt on the territory of the country.

On August 27, an earthquake of 2.8 on the Richter scale shook the Bulgarian capital. It was felt stronger because its epicenter was shallow and close to Sofia.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Environment » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: Earthquake, sofia

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria