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The earthquake in Turkey is more than 1000 kilometers from the territory of Bulgaria.

It was very weakly felt in our country, it was very weakly felt by the residents of the Kardzhali region.

There is no danger for Bulgaria, the seismic activity in our country is weak.

This is what Prof. Plamena Raykova, head of the Seismology and Seismic Engineering Department at the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the BAS, told "24 Chasa".

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"The strong earthquake in Turkey was realized along the eastern Anatolian fault, which is down and less active. The epicenter is quite far from our territory, the event is shallow, so it cannot be said that we are threatened in any way." explained Associate Professor Raykova. 

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria