M2.8 earthquake 10 km W of Simitli, Bulgaria
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 10 km W of Simitli, Bulgaria on Fri, Oct 11, 1985, 7:44 PM GMT+2 (17:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km N of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-11 17:44:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.866° N, 22.996° E
- Region
- Bulgaria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km WNW of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14959 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.36 km N of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.12 km N of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14956 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 1.814 km SSW of Strumyani, Bulgaria · 14961 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.68 km W of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14961 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.68 km W of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14961 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14962 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14963 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14966 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.44 km S of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14967 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.75 km N of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14969 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.87 km WSW of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14970 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.02 km SSE of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14970 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.56 km WSW of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14971 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.58 km N of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14971 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.41 km W of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14971 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.011 km N of Demir Kapija, North Macedonia · 14972 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.314 km NW of Kon?e, North Macedonia · 14974 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.68 km W of Simitli, Bulgaria · 14985 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002kpz. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:26 AM UTC.