October 8, 1905 Earthquake: Bulgaria
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Bulgaria on October 8, 1905 at 07:27:00 UTC, 33 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- October 8, 1905
- Time
- 07:27:00 UTC
- Place
- Bulgaria
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.000° N, 23.000° E
- Country
- Bulgaria
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), Greece
- April 14, 1928, Chirpan, Bulgaria
- June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, Greece
- February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- July 5, 1902, Thessaloniki, Greece
- December 21, 1990, Edhessa, Kilkis, Greece
- April 24, 2002, N, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balkans NW, Serbia
- April 4, 1904, Struma, Bulgaria
- April 4, 1904, Struma, Bulgaria
- September 4, 896, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- 1641, Bulgaria
- May 22, 2012, Pernik, Bulgaria
- September 28, 1985, Demir Kapija-Negotino, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- November 3, 1977, Velingrad, Romania
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2736.