Light Earthquake Reported again in SE Bulgaria

Environment | October 17, 2013, Thursday // 14:30|  views

The epicenter of the earthquake was located 13 km west of the southeastern Bulgarian town of Topolovgrad, file photo

A light earthquake has been registered in southeastern Bulgaria, the European Seismological Center reported.

The epicenter of the earthquake, which hit at 12:17 pm Tursday, was located 13 km west of the southeastern town of Topolovgrad, 38 km southwest of the city of Yambol, and 249 km southeast of the capital Sofia.

The earthquake had a magnitude of 2.1 on the Richter scale, and occurred at a depth of 8 km.

The same data about the tremor was reported by the Geophysics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS.


Tags: epicenter, Earthquake, southeastern, Topolovgrad, Richter scale, European Seismological Center, Geophysics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS

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