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Historic Earthquake
1928 Bulgaria Earthquake
18 April 1928 · Popovitsa · Bulgaria
On 18 April 1928 at 19:22 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Bulgaria (Popovitsa), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 214 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 18 April 1928
- Time
- 19:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Bulgaria
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1983Aegean Sea · M 7.0
- 19781978 Thessaloniki Earthquake · M 6.450 deaths
- 19321932 Ierissos Earthquake · M 6.9161 deaths
- 19281928 Chirpan Earthquake · M 6.8127 deaths
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 deaths
- 1904Struma · M 7.8
- 1904Struma · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth