Series of Feeble Earthquakes Registered in SE Bulgaria

Three week earthquakes of magnitude between 2.3 and 3.2 on the Richter scale have been registered in the wee hours Monday in the area of south-eastern Bulgarian town of Topolovgrad.

This makes the series of feeble tremors in the area that have occured since April 9 to number 17, recounts the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Two quakes were registered little after 1 am, with a third coming at 3.08 am.

The first tremor was of degree 2.3, followed by 3.1- and 3.2-degree tremors, says Bulgaria's National Institute of Seismology.

According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, two further quakes, of magnitude less than 2, occured later in the Topolovgrad area.

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