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Near the town of Batak, a small earthquake with magnitude 2.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10.09 am today, according to seismologists from the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of BAS.

The earthquake was 9.4 kilometers from Batak, Pazardzhik region, and 119 kilometers from Sofia.

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An earthquake measuring 2,9 on the Richter scale was registered in the region of Haskovo, southern Bulgaria.

The earth tremor was felt at 1.38 a.m. tonight with an epicenter 12 km southeast of Haskovo and 66 km south of Stara Zagora,

at a depth of 2 km. There are no reports of material damage, the European Seismological Centre said. /BGNES

A new earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook central Greece at 20:38 on Thursday.

The epicenter was near the town of Elassona, which was hit on Wednesday by an earthquake measuring 6.0.

The National Observatory of Athens' Institute of Geodynamics reported that the new quake's epicenter was 16km southwest from Elassona proper, close to Larissa.

A powerful series of undersea quakes struck north-east of New Zealand on March 5, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country's North Island to flee to high ground passed without causing substantial damage.

Less than 20% of all homes in Romania were insured in 2020 against certain risks, and more than half of Romanians (54%) say they are worried about the danger of an earthquake, according to a survey commissioned by National Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania (UNSAR) and conducted in 2020 by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES).

An earthquake was registered in central Greece today around 12 p.m. The epicenter of the quake was near the town of Larissa.

The Institute of Geophysics told BNR that the epicenter was at a depth of 10 km. The tremor was felt in many places in Bulgaria, including Kardzhali, Plovdiv and in Sofia highrise buildings.

There were no reports of casualties or damage.

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit central Greece on March 3, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting residents in the city of Larissa to rush into the streets according to local media.

The Institute of Geodynamics in Athens said the quake, which could be felt across central and northern Greece, had measured at a magnitude of 6.0.

The phenomenon is not connected to the dormant volcano, scientists reassured