Richter magnitude scale

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3,5 on the Richter scale and at a depth of 13 kilometers was registered on the territory of Blagoevgrad region (southwestern Bulgaria) this night at 02:31 am, reported the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

A series of weak earthquakes were recorded this morning on the Peloponnese Peninsula, southern Greece, ANA-MPA reported.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded today off the Greek island of Crete, Turkish television CNN-Turk reported, citing the Directorate for Disaster Management and Emergencies. The quake occurred at 2:56 a.m. at sea at a depth of 4.95 kilometers.

An earthquake was recorded this morning near Yakoruda, southwestern Bulgaria, reported the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGYG) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).

The quake was recorded at 5:23 a.m. this morning. According to initial data, it had a magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter scale and a depth of 12 km.

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.

An earthquake was registered early this morning in Greece, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences reported, quoted by Nova TV. The quake measured 3.1 on the Richter scale.

The quake occurred at 4:29 a.m. The epicenter is located 21.9 km northeast of Komotini, near Krumovgrad, about 244 km from Sofia.

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.

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 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred on Saturday, near midnight, at 23:13 local time, in the Vrancea seismic area, Buzau County, according to data published by the National Research and Development Institute for Earth Physics (INCDFP). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 kilometers, and the intensity in the epicentral area was II Mercalli degrees.