A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Samokov in Bulgaria. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 23.5482° East, 42.1919° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 18:01:41 / December 30, 2019 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70006sk5. Event ids that are associated: us70006sk5. The temblor was reported at 20:01:41 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Sofia (c. 1 152 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pernik (c. 82 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pazardzhik (c. 76 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Blagoevgrad (c. 71 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kyustendil (c. 48 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Dupnitsa (c. 34 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Petrich (c. 30 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vinica, Petrich, Svoge.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km S of Samokov, Bulgaria.
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