Light Earthquake in Bulgaria-Greece Border Region

Society » ENVIRONMENT | September 12, 2010, Sunday // 10:11
Bulgaria: Light Earthquake in Bulgaria-Greece Border Region The region of the Rhodope Mountain was hit by a light earthquake. Photo by BGNES

An earthquake with magnitude of 2.1 on the Richter scale shook a region along the central section of the border between Bulgaria an Greece overnight.

The earthquake hit at 2.27 am local time. It epicenter was located 111 km south of Bulgaria's Plovdiv and 9 km west of Greece's Xanthi, at a depth of 10 km.

On Friday, several earthquakes were felt in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the strongest of which was 3.5 on the Richter scale.

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Tags: Earthquake, greece, Plovdiv, Xanthi

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