M3.0 earthquake 7 km SW of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria on Mon, Oct 8, 1990, 1:24 PM GMT+2 (11:24 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km SSE of Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-08 11:24:19 UTC
- Depth
- 11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.958° N, 23.046° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.77 km SSE of Hadzhidimovo, Bulgaria · 13133 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.412 km S of Hadzhidimovo, Bulgaria · 13133 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5Greece-Bulgaria border region · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria · 13102 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Gevgelija, North Macedonia · 13094 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of ????? ??????????, North Macedonia · 13091 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.69 km N of Sérres, Greece · 13084 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004fgn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.