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Weak earthquake felt in Sofia

Photo: National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - BAS

A weak earthquake was registered in Sofia a minute before 4:00 p.m. It had a magnitude of 2.7 on the Richter scale and was felt on the high floors of some districts of the capital - "Druzhba", "Mladost", "Studentski Grad" and "Malinova Dolina". 

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the southern district of Krastova Vada, at a depth of 15 kilometers, the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography reports.




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