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LIHGT QUAKE SHOOK SLIVEN AND YAMBOL
Politics | August 14, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00
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at 5.20 p.m., measuring magnitude 4.3 on the open-end Richter scale, and lasted minute and a half, said sources from Yambol Civil Protection Agency. The quake was felt also in Burgas. According to the first data from Yambol, the epicenter was in the village of Zhelyo Voivoda, the Sliven region. The local tavern, owned by Ivan Simeonov, was left without tiles. Some of the beams also fell down, said local people. The roofs and walls of some ten houses cracked.
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