During the night, several earthquakes were registered across the Balkan Peninsula. The strongest of these occurred on the Greek island of Crete at 4:48 AM Bulgarian time, with a magnitude of 4.3 by Richter. Additionally, several secondary tremors with magnitudes between 2.8 and 3.5 have been observed, reports the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the European Seismological Centre.
The epicenter of the strongest earthquake was located 93 km from Heraklion and 33 km from Iraklio. There are no reports of damage so far. Previously, on the same island, earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.8 were registered, followed by a second with a strength of 5.2 and several around 4.
In Bulgaria, at 1:23 AM on the night before Saturday, a earthquake with a magnitude of 2.2 by Richter was registered near the Golyam Beglik dam, not far from Sarnitsa, Pazardzhik Province. Currently, there are no reports of residents feeling the tremor in the area.
Source: Blitz.bg
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