Magnitude-3.0 Earthquake Shakes Bulgaria’s Smolyan Region

Society » INCIDENTS | February 5, 2016, Friday // 19:13
Bulgaria: Magnitude-3.0 Earthquake Shakes Bulgaria’s Smolyan Region

An earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale has been registered, in southern Bulgaria close to the border with Turkey, at 16:44 local time on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) announced.

The epicenter was located 153 km southeast of Sofia, 32 km north of Smolyan city and 2 km northwest of the town of Luki, at a depth of 5 km, the EMSC said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

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