Mechanics

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale near Pernik around 4.53 am on Thursday morning, announced the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

After the storms and floods, an earthquake struck central Italy. The quake was felt shortly before 22:00 and had a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale, NOVA reports.

The epicenter is 8 kilometers deep and is near the city of Aquila, where in 2009 more than 300 people lost their lives in a series of devastating earthquakes.

Hurricane Irma is now so powerful it has been causing seismic activity as it passes over the Caribbean and is even registering on earthquake monitors. Hurricane Irma has become the most powerful ever recorded in the Atlantic as it barrels down on the British Virgin Islands.
Around 30,000 islanders, nearly all British citizens, are directly in the path of the monster storm.

North Korea announced it has carried out a hydrogen atom bomb test and called it "absolute success," the BBC reported. The Communist State Television has already broadcast footage to which Kim Jing-nun signs a nuclear warrant.

South Korea and Japan have confirmed that Pyongyang has done its most powerful nuclear experment so far, Reuters reports.

A total of 26,290 earthquakes have rocked Turkey over the first seven months of the year, marking the most seismic activity the country has experienced in 15 years, according to data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale was registered in Greece at 6.16 am on August 29, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center website.

The epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km east of Thessaloniki and 23 km north of Poligiros, seven kilometers under the earth's crust.

There is no evidence of material damage.

A new earthquake of 3 on the Richter scale is felt late last night at 22:34 local time (23.34 Bulgarian hours). This was announced by the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, quoted by FOCUS News Agency.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale is registered at the border between Iran and Iraq, the European Seismological Center reported.

It is not possible to prevent earthquakes. It is also impossible to know exactly when, where or how strong a big earthquake will hit.

Frightening figures

But, we know two-thirds of the people in Turkey live in earthquake-prone regions and that 100,000 people died in the 56 earthquakes higher than a magnitude of 6.0 in the last 100 years.

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake is registered on the territory of Bulgaria, near Strazhitsa, BGNES reported.

The earthquake is felt at 16.19 AM with an epicenter 6 km southeast of Strazhitsa, 33 km east of Veliko Tarnovo, with a depth of 2 km, the European Seismological Center said.