Bulgaria earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 7 km NNW of Garmen, Bulgaria

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Garmen, Bulgaria on Sun, Aug 13, 2006, 5:09 AM GMT+3 (02:09 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km WSW of Palaiokómi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-13 02:09:57 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.660° N, 23.780° 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 usp000equf. 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
82°
Stations used
18

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.10 km NW of Kalí Vrýsi, Greece · 7353 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.511 km SSE of Bansko, Bulgaria · 7343 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.66 km WSW of Palaiokómi, Greece · 7338 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.06 km E of Simitli, Bulgaria · 7335 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.22 km S of Káto Kamíla, Greece · 7331 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.68 km NW of Razlog, Bulgaria · 7325 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 3.24 km ENE of Hadzhidimovo, Bulgaria · 7313 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 3.46 km WSW of Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria · 7358 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 3.49 km WNW of Simitli, Bulgaria · 7363 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.510 km SE of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria · 7365 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.88 km SSW of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria · 7370 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.27 km N of Septemvri, Bulgaria · 7378 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.110 km N of Garmen, Bulgaria · 7381 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.67 km WNW of Razlog, Bulgaria · 7383 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.22 km W of Vamvakófyto, Greece · 7387 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.21 km ESE of Kuklis, North Macedonia · 7387 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000equf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.