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String of mild earthquakes hits Bulgaria

Sofia echo Wed, Oct 28 2009

A series of mild earthquakes were felt in Bulgaria, starting at 12.21pm on October 28 2009, Bulgarian news agency BTA said.

Scientists from the Seismological Center and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Geophysics triangulated the tremor at about 245km south-east of the capital city, Sofia.

The earthquake was 3.2 on the Richter scale, near Toundja municipality in the Yambol region, the Civil Protection National Service said.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) confirmed that a 3.1-magnitude tremor epicentred 57km south-east of the town of Stara Zagora, was felt, causing no damage or injuries.

The follow-up to the tremor was slightly stronger, 3.2-magnitude, pinpointed at 10km underground, this time 54 km south-east of Stara Zagora.

The last jolt was a mild 2.8-magnitude at 1pm about 57km north-west of the Turkish city of Edirne, and 26km west of the Bulgarian town of Elhovo,

According to initial reports, there were no casualties from the tremors. There are also no reports of residential structural damage or damage to infrastructure.

Golly gosh so many earthquakes over the last year in Bulgaria and still the old house are standing and he newer one damaged

Oddy

No Big Damages after Earthquake in Bulgaria's Varna



The Bulgarian village of Manastir has been affected the most by the earthquake that hit the Northeastern part of the country Thursday evening.

The epicenter of the earthquake was near the town of Provadia, 34 km west of Varna, 320 km east of Sofia, at a depth of 7.8 km, according to the Bulgarian National Seismological Data Center.

According to the regional head of Civil Protection in Varna, Vladimir Ivanov, the quake has caused the fall of several chimneys and cracks in the paster of walls.

The wall of one house, which had been damaged by the previous earthquake in the region, has now completely collapsed. No one was hurt because the owner of the building does not there anymore.

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The damages in the town of Provadia are not many. The rattling has cracked the window glass of the municipality building in town. There have not been reported big damages in the neighboring village of Dobrina,"
Ivanov said.

He explained that the inspection of the damages continues and will be ready later on Friday.

Ivanov also claimed that the Devnya municiaplity has also not reported any damages. He pointed out he would demand an urgent meeting with the District Governor, Dancho Simeonov, to discuss an inspection of the local treatment plant.

Latest Earthquake Registered in Bulgaria Overnight

A 3.9-point magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake was registered in south western Bulgaria early Saturday, the Seismological Centre of the Geophysical Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences reports.

The epicentre was 13 km south of the town of Gotse Delchev, 109 km south-west of Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv and 7 km south-west of the village of Hadzidimovo, with a depth of 589 km underneath the surface. The shock was registered at 0:34 am.

Most people were asleep at the time and did not feel the quake. There are no reports of injuries and material damage.

The earthquake comes on the heels of an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale that rattled north-eastern Bulgaria Thursday evening.

The epicentre of this earthquake was near the town of Provadia, 34 km west of Varna, 320 km east of Sofia, at a depth of 7.8 km, according to the Bulgarian National Seismological Data Centre.

The quake hit at 10:51 pm Eastern European Time, and was felt tangibly in the Black Sea city Varna, the towns of Provadiya and Devniya, sending scores of people on the street for the rest of the night. Damages, such as cracked walls and broken store windows, were reported in Provadiya and the nearby villages of Manastir and Dobrina.

Bulgarian Seismologist Disproves Earthquake Info

Bulgarian Seismologist Disproves Earthquake Info: Bulgarian Seismologist Disproves Earthquake Info
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences rebuts information that an earthquake was registered in south western Bulgaria overnight. File photo

The Geophysics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences disproved earlier information about an earthquake in south western Bulgaria Saturday.

Emil Botev, from the Institute, told the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, the information of the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre of a 3.9-point magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake was inaccurate.

Botev said it was submitted by Greek seismologists, and it concerned a wave of earthquakes on the other side of the globe, near Alaska.

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There has not been an earthquake on Bulgarian territory;
the report does not come from a Bulgarian source,"
he said.

It was reported earlier by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre that a 3.9-point magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake was registered 13 km south of the town of Gotse Delchev at 0:34 am Saturday.

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Weak Earthquake Detected near Bulgaria's Sofia

A weak earthquake with a 3.0-magnitude on the Richter scale has been detected near the Bulgarian capital on Tuesday.

The quake hit at 1:17 pm, with an epicentre at 35 km away from Sofia, near the town of Slivnitsa.

Last week, a series of earthquakes were detected in North-eastern Bulgaria, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 4,2 on the Richter scale.

Weak Earthquake Registered in Southern Bulgaria

A 2.3-point magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake was registered in southern Bulgaria early Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center reports.

The epicentre was 54 km south-east of the city of Stara Zagora, 24 km south-east of the town of Radnevo and 18 km Northwest of the town of Topolovgrad.

The shock was registered at 6:25 am.

Most people were asleep at the time and did not feel the quake. There are no reports of injuries and material damage.

Another one!! Glad nobody was hurt or any damage reported

Oddy

I think Bulgaria seem to have had its fair share of earthquakes this year but thank god no one to date has been hurt

Yes they have had their fair share of them and is good know one was hurt.

Earthquakes to the Northwest and to the South-east

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 of the Richter scale was felt during the night in Western Bulgaria at 02:57 hours local time. The epicentre is some 250 kilometres Northwest from Sofia, outside the territory of the country. Authorities in Serbia reported two people have been killed and at least 15 have been injured. Later, at 04:52 hours local time another earthquake of epicentre around 360 kilometres to the south-east of Sofia, also outside Bulgarian territory has been registered. The second quake is of 5 degrees of the Richter scale and was felt in southern Bulgarian towns of Karjali, Momchilgrad, Plovdiv and Yambol. There is no information of victims or damage on Bulgarian territory. of Sofia

Lets hope nobody was injured.

Mild earthquake shakes Bulgaria



A mild jolt measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale was registered near Sofia on the night of November 3 2010, the Geophysics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences said.

The quake was felt at 9:56 pm, 33km from the Bulgarian capital, and 18km north-west of the village of Ihtiman.

It was felt as a very weak quake and no damage was reported.

Bulgaria has been affected by numerous earthquakes in the past few months, as seismic activity has been on the rise.

An earthquake of just more than 5.4 on the Richter scale hit nearby two towns in Serbia in the early hours of November 2010, leaving two people dead and many injured.

Separately, in Turkey at just before 5am, there was a quake measuring five on the Richter scale. The epicentre of this quake was 360km south-east of the Bulgarian capital city Sofia, and the quake was felt in the country’s southern towns of Kurdjali, Plovdiv and Yambol.

A four magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale struck Kroumovgrad and Kurdzhali at 7.22 am on August 23 2010, causing some structural damage.

The tremor's epicentre was said to be at the border between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea, about 330km south-east of Sofia.

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damaged in an earthquake on November 3 2010.

Admin wrote:

A mild jolt measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale was registered near Sofia on the night of October 3 2010

Why can they not just get it right?

Ooooops I've corrected it now George

I didn't mean it was your fault, Ashley. Just the way they carelessly write these articles?