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Earthquake of 3.7 on the Richter scale in the region of Bulgaria's Blagoevgrad

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale was registered this morning in the region of Blagoevgrad, reported the National Institute of Geophysics, Geography and Geodesy at the BAS. 

The quake occurred at 7:46 a.m. with an epicentre 86 km from Sofia and was felt weakly in the municipalities of Simitli and Blagoevgrad.



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