2012 Pernik earthquake
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 23 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
| date | May 22, 2012 | ||
| Time | 3:00:33 ET | ||
| Magnitude | 5.9-6.0 M L | ||
| depth | 9 km | ||
| epicenter | Near Pernik
(6 km)
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| country | Bulgaria | ||
| Affected places | |||
| dead | 1 | ||
The 2012 Pernik earthquake (also known as Earthquake of Sofia in 2012 ) took place on May 22, 2012 at 03:00:33 ( EEST ). Its epicenter was six kilometers northwest of Pernik in Bulgaria. The earthquake was measured at 5.9–6.0 on the Richter scale . It was felt across the country - particularly in the Oblasts of Blagoevgrad , Kazanlak and Stara Sagora - as well as in some neighboring countries.
Further aftershocks have been reported, the strongest of which with a magnitude of 4.7 M L at 4:31 ET.
Several chimneys collapsed in Pernik and a house in Rudarzi (Pernik municipality), and a residential building in the Borovo district of Sofia was damaged. In Pernik, emergency and a day of rest were declared on May 22nd. Windows broke and walls collapsed. One of the chimneys of the Republika thermal power station in Pernik has collapsed.
There were no reports of victims in Sofia or Pernik. According to the Bulgarian Seismic Institute, there is no connection between this earthquake and the earthquake in Emilia-Romagna on May 20, 2012.
This is the strongest earthquake in the oblasts Sofia and Pernik since the liberation of Bulgaria , stronger than the earthquake of 1917 with a magnitude of 5.2 M L .
The depth of the earthquake is 9.1 kilometers. According to other data, the magnitude is 5.8 M L .
A 65-year-old woman from Kyustendil died of a heart attack because of the psychological stress during the quake . The water supply was cut in half of the city of Radomir .
causes
The earthquake in Pernik was closely related to the earthquake in northern Italy in 2012 . Both earthquakes occurred within a few hours. It reached a magnitude of 6.1 in northern Italy and 5.8 in western Bulgaria. An aftershock in Pernik with a magnitude of 4.3 on May 29 was also followed 24 minutes later by an aftershock in northern Italy.
Nevertheless, according to the Munich Re earthquake expert, Alexander Allmann, there is no causal link between the earthquakes in both countries.
The geophysicist Wolfgang Lenhardt from the Austrian Seismological Service also sees the coincidence of the earthquakes in Italy and Bulgaria as a pure coincidence. In an interview, he spoke of it in Bulgaria to a deportation came the earth's crust, what happens in the area extremely rare.
Individual evidence
- ^ The earthquake on the side of the Center Sismologique Euro-Méditerranéen
- ↑ a b Земетресение с магнитуд 6 по Рихтер разлюля София и Перник : earthquake with magnitude 6 rattled Sofia , Bulgarian national radio
- ↑ Violent earthquake shakes Bulgaria , stern.de, accessed on May 22, 2012
- ^ The aftershock at 1:30 am on the website of the German Research Center for Geosciences
- ↑ a b Трус от 5.9 в България, епицентърът е край Перник , earthquake with magnitude 5.9 in Bulgaria, the epicenter is near Pernik
- ↑ a b c La Bulgarie secouée par un tremblement de terre de 5.8, "pas de victimes" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , France24
- ↑ Земетресението разруши комина на ТЕЦ “Република” в Перник ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The earthquake destroyed the chimney of the Republika thermal power station
- ↑ Un séisme de magnitude 5.8 secoue la Bulgarie ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Xinhua
- ↑ Щетите от земетресението (обобщение) , Earthquake Damage (Summary), Nova TV
- ↑ Къщи и училища в Радомир са пострадали от земетресението , houses and schools in Radomir were damaged by the earthquake
- ↑ Има връзка между земетресенията в България и Италия (bulg.)
- ↑ Earthquake - Italy: aftershocks in Italy, tremors in Bulgaria (zeit.de)
- ↑ The north is cooler. (Interview with the geophysicist Wolfgang Lenhardt); DER SPIEGEL, No. 22; May 26, 2012; P. 109
