Bulgaria earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km ESE of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria on Mon, Feb 6, 2006, 1:27 AM GMT+2 (23:27 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 Greece-Bulgaria border region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-05 23:27:56 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.980° N, 23.210° E
Region
Bulgaria
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000e9k7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4Greece-Bulgaria border region · 7541 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.7Greece-Bulgaria border region · 7535 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.44 km NW of Peh?evo, North Macedonia · 7534 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.77 km NNW of Peh?evo, North Macedonia · 7534 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 3.35 km E of Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia · 7534 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.55 km E of Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia · 7529 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.814 km WNW of Simitli, Bulgaria · 7525 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.610 km NNE of Peh?evo, North Macedonia · 7525 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.24 km N of Simitli, Bulgaria · 7521 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 3.013 km SSE of Satovcha, Bulgaria · 7513 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.08 km WNW of Elin Pelin, Bulgaria · 7505 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.64 km SE of Berovo, North Macedonia · 7545 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.82 km ESE of Berovo, North Macedonia · 7545 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.313 km W of Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria · 7553 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.914 km W of Chrysochórafa, Greece · 7567 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e9k7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.