4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Bulgaria's Nova Zagora

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale has been registered near the town of Nova Zagora in Eastern Bulgaria, seismological authorities say.

The quake occurred at 09.46 local time, at a depth of 3.7 km beneath the surface.

Its epicenter was located south of Polsko Padarevo, a village 7 km to the southeast of Nova Zagora.

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, its magnitude was 4.4.