Strong earthquake in the region of Samokov

Strong earthquake was felt around 20:00 on December 30 in the area of Samokov, in the southwest of Bulgaria.

According to the European Seismological Institute, the magnitude was more than 4.7 per Richter scale.

Dimo Solakov from the Institute of Geophysics and Geodesy of the Bulgarian Academy of Science,said that the epicentre was somewhere under the peak of Musala, Rila mountain, and the magnitude was 4.5 per richter scale.

No damages have been reported. The tremour lasted for 15 - 20 seconds.

The earthquake was felt in Sofia.

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