Second Light Earthquake Shakes South-West Bulgaria

Society » ENVIRONMENT | August 19, 2009, Wednesday // 19:42
Second Light Earthquake Shakes South-West Bulgaria: Second Light Earthquake Shakes South-West Bulgaria Photo by BGNES

A second light earthquake registering 2,7 on the Richter scale was felt in Bulgaria capital Sofia on Wednesday.

The epicenter of the quake, felt at 17:27, was near Blagoevgrad and was 97 km from Sofia.

Earlier Wednesday a light quake was felt around 2 pm on Wednesday in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

The tremor had a magnitude of 3,7 on the Richter scale, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported.

The epicenter of the quake was at 103 kilometers Southern direction from Sofia, and 10 kilometers Northern direction form Berovo in Macedonia.

The depth of the tremor was reported to be 2 kilometers under the earth surface.

No damages or casualties have been reported from either quake.

 

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