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Light Earthquake Registered near Bulgarian-Greek Border
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A light earthquake was registered near the Bulgarian-Greek border Saturday evening. File photo by BGNES
A light earthquake was registered 104 km south from Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv Saturday evening, in the area of the Bulgarian-Greek border.
The information was reported by the European Seismology Center.
The quake was of a 2.5 points magnitude on the Richter scale with an epicenter, located 20 kilometers from the Greek town of Drama. The shock was registered at 9 pm.
There are no reports of injuries and material damages.
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