A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Rakovski in Bulgaria on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.893 East, latitude 42.2348 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 11:01:39 / May 1, 2020 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:01:39 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009865. Id of event: us70009865.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zlatograd, Nova Zagora, Dryanovo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Plovdiv (c. 340 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Stara Zagora (c. 143 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Haskovo (c. 79 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Pazardzhik (c. 76 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gabrovo (c. 66 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kazanlŭk (c. 55 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Asenovgrad (c. 52 200 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SW of Rakovski, Bulgaria.
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