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Earthquake and aftershocks shake Plovdiv
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An earthquake, followed by aftershocks, hit central Bulgaria near Plovdiv on July 27 2009.
"The epicentre of the tremors felt in Plovdiv and the surrounding region on July 27 encompassed the perimeter of Kroumovo, Yagodovo and Katounitsa, all south east of Bulgaria's second city," Emil Botev of the Seismological Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN) said in a statement.
The region is prone to seismic activity. In 2002, following an earthquake there were 50 aftershocks, 15 of which were felt by the population.
On July 27, the first tremor was felt at 11.39am, with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter Scale, 13km south east of Plovdiv, five km northwest of Assenovgrad and two km underground. Following the first earthquake, there were several aftershocks, one of which, at 1.45pm was felt in Plovdiv and the surrounding egion.
People in the area said that the second earthquake (technically an aftershock to the first one) was a horizontal affair, accompanied with a booming sound underground as if something had detonated.
"We have no indication suggesting that the tremors will intensify and matters deteriorate, on the contrary, we regard this as routine and it should be business as usual soon," Botev said.
"The epicentre of the tremors felt in Plovdiv and the surrounding region on July 27 encompassed the perimeter of Kroumovo, Yagodovo and Katounitsa, all south east of Bulgaria's second city," Emil Botev of the Seismological Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN) said in a statement.
The region is prone to seismic activity. In 2002, following an earthquake there were 50 aftershocks, 15 of which were felt by the population.
On July 27, the first tremor was felt at 11.39am, with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter Scale, 13km south east of Plovdiv, five km northwest of Assenovgrad and two km underground. Following the first earthquake, there were several aftershocks, one of which, at 1.45pm was felt in Plovdiv and the surrounding egion.
People in the area said that the second earthquake (technically an aftershock to the first one) was a horizontal affair, accompanied with a booming sound underground as if something had detonated.
"We have no indication suggesting that the tremors will intensify and matters deteriorate, on the contrary, we regard this as routine and it should be business as usual soon," Botev said.
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