M3.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Satovcha, Bulgaria
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Satovcha, Bulgaria on Thu, Mar 9, 2006, 1:55 AM GMT+2 (23:55 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 11 km ESE of Zlatograd, 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
- 2006-03-08 23:55:04 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.507° N, 24.061° 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 usp000ebpy. 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
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.811 km ESE of Zlatograd, Bulgaria · 7507 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.35 km SW of Zlatograd, Bulgaria · 7493 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Simitli, Bulgaria · 7457 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.29 km SE of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria · 7455 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.78 km NE of Sušica, North Macedonia · 7453 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.24 km N of Simitli, Bulgaria · 7521 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Madan, Bulgaria · 7522 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Peh?evo, North Macedonia · 7525 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.46 km NNW of Íasmos, Greece · 7527 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7Greece-Bulgaria border region · 7535 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.4Greece-Bulgaria border region · 7541 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebpy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.