Mild Earthquake in Greece Felt Across Southern Bulgaria
An earthquake with a magnitude between 4.7 and 4.8 on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday morning in northeastern Greece and was also felt in parts of Bulgaria
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A weak earthquake of magnitude 3 on the Richter scale has been recorded Monday evening near the town of Topolovgrad in southeastern Bulgaria.
The earthquake was registered at a depth of 3 km at 7.02 pm EET.
According to the Geophysics Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the quake is normal for the Topolovgrad area.
The Institute added that since 2009, more than 1,000 earthquakes have occured in the region, with some 100 of them felt by humans.
A sharp cold spell will grip Bulgaria through the end of the current week and into the first days of the next one, with low temperatures and persistent northeasterly winds, according to the medium-range forecast issued by the National Institute of Meteoro
In Bulgaria, cloud cover from the northeast will continue to thicken overnight, while the southwestern half of the country is expected to remain mostly clear with occasional high clouds.
On Thursday, Bulgaria will enjoy mostly sunny weather, though clouds are expected to increase from the northeast as the day progresses, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).
After a year marked by extreme events, new climate data confirm that 2025 ranks as the third warmest year ever recorded globally.
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