Max magnitude
7.1
Peak recorded event in the current dataset
Earthquakes by countries
96 events tracked
Bulgaria seismic overview
Bulgaria earthquakes today
Latest activity, live map, annual rhythm and historical high points for Bulgaria, all regrouped on the same country page.
Average magnitude
4.7
Mean magnitude across recorded earthquakes
Average depth
13.8 km
Typical depth profile for this country
Latest earthquakes
Bulgaria earthquakes today
10 recent events
4.6
Moderate
2023-06-07 12:26:38 UTC
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Plovdiv
10.0 km
4.2
Moderate
2022-04-25 16:55:33 UTC
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Blagoevgrad
10.0 km
4.0
Moderate
2022-04-25 16:31:47 UTC
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Blagoevgrad
8.2 km
4.6
Moderate
2022-04-04 10:59:40 UTC
Varna, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Varna
10.0 km
4.5
Moderate
2020-05-01 11:01:39 UTC
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Plovdiv
10.0 km
4.4
Moderate
2019-12-30 18:01:41 UTC
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Blagoevgrad
10.0 km
4.2
Moderate
2018-08-02 14:17:38 UTC
Petrich, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Petrich
13.1 km
4.0
Moderate
2018-02-22 23:15:05 UTC
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Plovdiv
10.0 km
4.4
Moderate
2018-02-21 23:41:59 UTC
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Plovdiv
12.3 km
4.5
Moderate
2017-11-26 19:01:32 UTC
Karlovo, Bulgaria
Earthquake near Karlovo
10.9 km
Strongest earthquakes
10 strongest earthquakes in Bulgaria
All period
Activity rhythm
Bulgaria earthquake chart 2023
12-month view
Live geography
Bulgaria earthquakes map
Map of recent earthquakes in Bulgaria.
Archive browsing
Recent month archive
June 2023
1 earthquakes
April 2022
3 earthquakes
May 2020
1 earthquakes
December 2019
1 earthquakes
August 2018
1 earthquakes
February 2018
2 earthquakes
Cities by seismic activity
Cities with the most earthquakes in Bulgaria
Petrich
Population 30,722
146 earthquakes
Blagoevgrad
Population 67,810
59 earthquakes
Kyustendil
Population 37,799
52 earthquakes
Dupnitsa
Population 34,764
44 earthquakes
Kazanlak
Population 47,918
40 earthquakes
Stara Zagora
Population 143,431
39 earthquakes
Pernik
Population 82,467
35 earthquakes
Gabrovo
Population 66,175
33 earthquakes
Sofia
Population 1,152,556
32 earthquakes
Pazardzhik
Population 65,671
32 earthquakes
History
Earthquakes history
47 years
| 1928 | 7.1 | 8 |
| 1904 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 1913 | 6.7 | 1 |
| 1905 | 6.1 | 1 |
| 1909 | 6.1 | 1 |
| 1921 | 5.9 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5.6 | 7 |
| 1986 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 1936 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 1910 | 5.4 | 1 |
| 1977 | 5.2 | 3 |
| 1972 | 5.1 | 1 |
| 1959 | 5.1 | 1 |
| 1974 | 5.1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4.7 | 2 |
| 1998 | 4.7 | 1 |
| 1982 | 4.7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 2001 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 1985 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 1993 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4.4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 1983 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 1978 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 1980 | 4.3 | 1 |
| 1979 | 4.3 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 1992 | 4.2 | 1 |
| 1989 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 1981 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 1991 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4.0 | 1 |