Light Earthquake Registered at Bulgarian-Greek Border

Environment | February 16, 2011, Wednesday // 12:26|  views

Another light earthquake has hit near the Bulgarian-Greek border. Photo by BGNES

A light earthquake was registered Wednesday morning near the Bulgarian town of Petrich at the Greek-Bulgarian border, according to data from the European Seismological Center.

The quake with a magnitude of 2.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 8:06 am on Wednesday. The epicenter was 2-km deep, 8 km northeast of Petrich.

On February 7, six light earthquakes shook the same area. Their magnitudes ranged from 2 to 3.3 on the Richter scale.

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Tags: Earthquake, Petrich, Bulgarian, Greek, border, European Seismological Center, Richter scale

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