Light Earthquake Registered in Southwestern Bulgaria

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Light Earthquake Registered in Southwestern Bulgaria: Light Earthquake Registered in Southwestern Bulgaria A light earthquke with epicenter 220 km southwest of Sofia was registered Saturday. File Photo

A light earthquake was registered in southwestern Bulgaria Saturday morning, the Seismology Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences reports.

The epicenter is 220 km southwest of Sofia, not on Bulgaria territory. It happened at 3:30 am with a 3.5 magnitude on the Richter scale.

The quake was not felt in Bulgaria and there are no reports of fatalities and material damage, Bulgaria’s Civil Defense says.

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