An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale was registered shortly before midnight in Greece.
It is also felt in Northern Macedonia, as well as in Southwestern Bulgaria in the region of Blagoevgrad and some districts of Sofia.
“The quake was very strong. 24 km from Bitola – in Florina. With a magnitude of 5.8. People were on the street all night. There is a great deal of anxiety. ” This was told on the air of NOVA by Georgi, one of the survivors of the earthquake, which hit around 22:30 local time on Sunday night.
“The earthquake itself was quite long. After him there were a few weaker ones. There is also great damage. “Older houses are all cracked,” he said. According to him, there are still no reports of casualties.
According to the National Seismological Center at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the epicenter is 268 kilometers from Sofia in the area of the city of Lerin.
After the main quake, a series of smaller earthquakes were registered in an active aftershock series, the strongest of 4 on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography.
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