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String of mild earthquakes hits Bulgaria

Wed, Oct 28 2009 14:07 CET

byNick Iliev

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String of mild earthquakes hits Bulgaria

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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 Centre 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 Centre (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.

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Anonymous 53north Thu, Oct 29 2009 18:36 CET
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The NZ quake took pressure off Europe, sending the Indian plate into Burma and Indonesia.
The Samoa quake changed things back - Europe is getting shunted again...

Преглед на профил Анонимен Thu, Oct 29 2009 08:20 CET
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Plovdiv was hit by a major earthquake on 14 April 1928, which killed 107 people. The earthquakes of 4 March 1977 affected Svishtov and Ruse (the northern part of Bulgaria), killing 20 people and injuring 165; and the 30 May 1990 earthquake of magnitude 6.7 in northern Bulgaria killed one person. The most damaging recent earthquake was the Strazhista 6 December 1986 earthquake; it had a magnitude of 5.7 (Pusch 2004) and killed 3 people, injured 60 and left 3,000 homeless in the Tymovo region.

Anonymous Chip Thu, Oct 29 2009 05:57 CET
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I've been in several small to medium sized earthquakes here, up to the 5.1 magnitude we had here last summer. So far, I've witnessed only minor damage (cracks in the wall, etc) from my apartment here in Sofia.

Previously lived in San Jose California, where anything under a 4.0, we never paid attention to. The largest I've been in (in the USA) was a 6.3. Hopefully, something of that magnitude never happens here.

Chip

Anonymous Dave Smith Thu, Oct 29 2009 00:43 CET
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How often do earthquakes cause real damage in Bulgaria? Does anyone know of any real disaters caused by earthquakes if so where in Bulgaria have these occured


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