5-Magnitude Earthquake Felt in Southern Bulgaria
Society | December 29, 2008, Monday
The epicenter of the 5-magnitude earthquake felt in Bulgaria Monday morning was in the sea on the Greece-Turkey border. Map by bbc.co.uk
An earthquake with measuring a magnitude of 5 on the Richter Scale was felt in much of southern Bulgaria at 0:59 on Monday.
The epicenter of the moderately strong earthquake was about 300 km southeast of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, in the sea on the Greece-Turkey border, the Civil Protection National Service of the Bulgarian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced.
The quake was felt in Bulgaria's districts of Kurdzhali, Haskovo, Plovdiv, and Sofia, but there is no data about damages or injured persons on Bulgarian territory.
More than 40 lighter aftershocks have been registered after that, according to the Seismology Center of the Geophysical Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The increased seismic activity in the recent months has led a number of experts to argue that Bulgaria might be threatened by a strong earthquake in the near future.
The strongest earthquake ever in continental Europe measuring 7,9 on the Richter Magnitude Scale occurred in 1904 in southwest Bulgaria.
Northeast, north-central, and parts of southern Bulgaria as well as the capital Sofia are located in high-risk seismic zones, according to Bulgarian experts.
The epicenter of the moderately strong earthquake was about 300 km southeast of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, in the sea on the Greece-Turkey border, the Civil Protection National Service of the Bulgarian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced.
The quake was felt in Bulgaria's districts of Kurdzhali, Haskovo, Plovdiv, and Sofia, but there is no data about damages or injured persons on Bulgarian territory.
More than 40 lighter aftershocks have been registered after that, according to the Seismology Center of the Geophysical Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The increased seismic activity in the recent months has led a number of experts to argue that Bulgaria might be threatened by a strong earthquake in the near future.
The strongest earthquake ever in continental Europe measuring 7,9 on the Richter Magnitude Scale occurred in 1904 in southwest Bulgaria.
Northeast, north-central, and parts of southern Bulgaria as well as the capital Sofia are located in high-risk seismic zones, according to Bulgarian experts.
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