This list of earthquakes in Bulgaria is organized by date and includes events that caused injuries/fatalities, historic quakes, as well events that are notable for other reasons.
Earthquakes
Key
* Epicenter outside Bulgaria
Gallery
File:Chirpan Earthquake - Rails.jpg, Bent rails after the 1928 Chirpan earthquake
File:BASA-3K-14-169-7-Chirpan earthquake, Plovdiv, 1928.JPG, King
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Boris III of Bulgaria
Boris III ( bg, Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier) , was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until hi ...
meeting with people from Plovdiv in the aftermath of the 1928 quake
File:Chirpan Earthquake - Plovdiv.jpg, The Catholic Hospital in Plovdiv after the 1928 quake
File:Pernik-TPS-tower-after-earhtquake-22052012.jpg, One of the three towers of the Republika Power Plant
Republika Power Plant ( bg, ТЕЦ Република) is a power plant situated near the city of Pernik, western Bulgaria. It has an installed capacity of 180 MW. There is a €6,500,000 reconstruction plan undergoing for the fifth generator. Th ...
in Pernik collapsed after the 2012 earthquake
File:Romania haz.jpg, USGS
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seismic hazard map showing Bulgaria, as well as the Vrancea Mountains fault in central Romania
File:Bulgaria Seismic Hazard Map.svg, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences seismic hazard map showing maximum acceleration for a repeat period of 475 years
See also
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List of earthquakes in Romania
This is a list of earthquakes in Romania, including any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Romania, or which caused significant effects in this area.
Seismic hazard
The seismicity of Romania is ...
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List of earthquakes in Italy
This is a list of earthquakes in Italy that had epicentres in Italy, or significantly affected the country. The highest seismicity hazard in Italy was concentrated in the central-southern part of the peninsula, along the Apennine ridge, in Cala ...
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List of earthquakes in Croatia
This incomplete list of earthquakes in Croatia includes major earthquakes with epicenters within the country's current borders, as well as earthquakes that had a significant impact within Croatia.
There was no systematic gathering of earthquake d ...
External links
Seismic events in Bulgaria and surrounding regions, last 30 days- real time data from NIGGG-BAS
References
{{Europe topic, List of earthquakes in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
Earthquakes
Earthquakes in Bulgaria