A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Asenovgrad in Bulgaria on Friday. The temblor was reported at 01:15:05 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.8181 East, latitude 41.9413 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 23:15:05 / February 22, 2018 @ 11:15 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000d6q4. Event ids that are associated: us2000d6q4.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Plovdiv (c. 340 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Haskovo (c. 79 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Pazardzhik (c. 76 000 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Asenovgrad (c. 52 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kŭrdzhali (c. 51 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dimitrovgrad (c. 43 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Simeonovgrad, Panagyurishte, Karlovo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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