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Earthquakes in Bulgaria

7,190 earthquakes catalogued in and around Bulgaria between 1901 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.0
Latest earthquake · depth 7.1 km
02.08.2026 04:31 UTC · from centre 95 km
7,190
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
2.31
mean magnitude
5,531
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

04649291901: 1 (M4–5)1901: 4 (M5+)19011904: 3 (M5+)1905: 2 (M4–5)1905: 6 (M5+)1906: 1 (M4–5)1907: 2 (M5+)1908: 1 (M4–5)1909: 12 (M4–5)1909: 7 (M5+)1910: 1 (M5+)1911: 1 (M4–5)19111912: 6 (M5+)1913: 2 (M5+)1917: 1 (M4–5)1919: 1 (M4–5)1920: 1 (M5+)1921: 1 (M5+)19211922: 1 (M5+)1923: 1 (M4–5)1923: 1 (M5+)1924: 1 (M5+)1926: 2 (M5+)1928: 7 (M4–5)1928: 16 (M5+)1929: 1 (M4–5)1931: 2 (M5+)19311932: 4 (M5+)1933: 1 (M4–5)1933: 1 (M5+)1935: 2 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)1939: 2 (M4–5)1939: 1 (M5+)1940: 1 (M4–5)1940: 1 (M5+)1941: 1 (M5+)19411942: 1 (M5+)1943: 1 (M4–5)1945: 1 (M5+)1947: 2 (M4–5)19511952: 1 (M5+)1953: 2 (M5+)1955: 1 (M5+)1956: 1 (M5+)1959: 3 (M5+)1960: 2 (M4–5)19611962: 2 (M4–5)1963: 2 (M4–5)1963: 2 (M5+)1964: 1 (M4–5)1965: 3 (M4–5)1966: 2 (M4–5)1967: 3 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M4–5)19711972: 6 (M4–5)1973: 1 (M3–4)1974: 1 (M3–4)1974: 2 (M4–5)1975: 5 (M3–4)1975: 1 (M5+)1976: 8 (M3–4)1977: 2 (M<3)1977: 8 (M3–4)1977: 2 (M4–5)1977: 1 (M5+)1978: 1 (M<3)1978: 8 (M3–4)1978: 5 (M4–5)1978: 3 (M5+)1979: 6 (M3–4)1979: 1 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M<3)1981: 7 (M3–4)1981: 5 (M4–5)19811982: 1 (M<3)1982: 6 (M3–4)1982: 3 (M4–5)1983: 5 (M3–4)1983: 2 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 1 (M<3)1984: 3 (M3–4)1984: 1 (M4–5)1985: 15 (M<3)1985: 6 (M3–4)1985: 4 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M5+)1986: 17 (M<3)1986: 5 (M3–4)1986: 6 (M4–5)1986: 3 (M5+)1987: 27 (M<3)1987: 8 (M3–4)1988: 18 (M<3)1988: 4 (M3–4)1988: 1 (M5+)1989: 39 (M<3)1989: 16 (M3–4)1989: 2 (M4–5)1990: 73 (M<3)1990: 25 (M3–4)1990: 2 (M4–5)1990: 1 (M5+)1991: 153 (M<3)1991: 32 (M3–4)1991: 3 (M4–5)19911992: 105 (M<3)1992: 24 (M3–4)1992: 1 (M4–5)1993: 165 (M<3)1993: 53 (M3–4)1993: 5 (M4–5)1994: 98 (M<3)1994: 33 (M3–4)1995: 51 (M<3)1995: 15 (M3–4)1995: 2 (M4–5)1996: 12 (M<3)1996: 5 (M3–4)1996: 1 (M4–5)1997: 2 (M<3)1997: 6 (M3–4)1998: 25 (M<3)1998: 11 (M3–4)1998: 2 (M4–5)1999: 24 (M<3)1999: 21 (M3–4)1999: 1 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M5+)2000: 12 (M<3)2000: 13 (M3–4)2000: 1 (M4–5)2001: 17 (M<3)2001: 16 (M3–4)2001: 4 (M4–5)20012002: 6 (M<3)2002: 26 (M3–4)2002: 2 (M4–5)2003: 37 (M<3)2003: 27 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 27 (M<3)2004: 29 (M3–4)2004: 2 (M4–5)2005: 72 (M<3)2005: 31 (M3–4)2006: 101 (M<3)2006: 79 (M3–4)2006: 2 (M4–5)2007: 207 (M<3)2007: 48 (M3–4)2007: 3 (M4–5)2008: 311 (M<3)2008: 33 (M3–4)2008: 4 (M4–5)2009: 810 (M<3)2009: 115 (M3–4)2009: 3 (M4–5)2009: 1 (M5+)2010: 465 (M<3)2010: 49 (M3–4)2010: 1 (M4–5)2011: 448 (M<3)2011: 38 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M5+)20112012: 101 (M<3)2012: 35 (M3–4)2012: 9 (M4–5)2012: 3 (M5+)2013: 156 (M<3)2013: 42 (M3–4)2013: 3 (M4–5)2014: 150 (M<3)2014: 18 (M3–4)2014: 2 (M4–5)2015: 226 (M<3)2015: 11 (M3–4)2015: 3 (M4–5)2016: 278 (M<3)2016: 18 (M3–4)2016: 9 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)2017: 324 (M<3)2017: 11 (M3–4)2017: 2 (M4–5)2018: 157 (M<3)2018: 12 (M3–4)2018: 8 (M4–5)2019: 123 (M<3)2019: 9 (M3–4)2019: 3 (M4–5)2019: 1 (M5+)2020: 73 (M<3)2020: 13 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M4–5)2021: 96 (M<3)2021: 8 (M3–4)20212022: 71 (M<3)2022: 15 (M3–4)2022: 3 (M4–5)2023: 143 (M<3)2023: 24 (M3–4)2023: 1 (M4–5)2024: 275 (M<3)2024: 20 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2025: 219 (M<3)2025: 11 (M3–4)2025: 1 (M4–5)2025: 4 (M5+)2026: 92 (M<3)2026: 5 (M3–4)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.609.08.1912 01:2915 km267 km
7.617.08.1999 00:0116.3 km429 km
7.208.11.1905 22:0615 km303 km
7.218.03.1953 19:0610 km337 km
7.231.03.1901 07:1014 km274 km
7.230.08.1986 21:28137.4 km325 km
7.026.09.1932 19:2010 km309 km
7.004.04.1904 10:2615 km212 km
6.918.04.1928 19:2215 km52 km
6.804.04.1904 10:0215 km219 km
6.814.04.1928 09:0010 km50 km
6.713.09.1912 23:3115 km269 km
6.714.06.1913 09:3315 km52 km
6.508.03.1931 01:5010 km277 km
6.426.07.1963 04:1715 km347 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.002.08.2026 04:317.1 km95 km
1.228.07.2026 23:355.4 km253 km
1.224.07.2026 05:067 km229 km
1.116.07.2026 10:015.7 km146 km
1.113.07.2026 15:287 km273 km
2.411.07.2026 09:4214 km201 km
2.103.07.2026 17:107 km180 km
1.303.07.2026 08:266.3 km158 km
1.819.06.2026 11:167.9 km114 km
2.218.06.2026 11:137.8 km175 km
1.417.06.2026 15:376.2 km317 km
1.616.06.2026 09:117.3 km150 km
1.114.06.2026 23:525.9 km148 km
1.413.06.2026 10:036.7 km191 km
0.911.06.2026 11:118.1 km278 km
1.009.06.2026 09:267.1 km272 km
1.505.06.2026 08:1315.6 km120 km
1.501.06.2026 15:036.6 km180 km
1.301.06.2026 10:267 km36 km
2.601.06.2026 06:457 km78 km
1.125.05.2026 13:395.1 km185 km
1.222.05.2026 19:246.1 km78 km
1.122.05.2026 10:388.2 km276 km
1.122.05.2026 10:237 km140 km
1.022.05.2026 07:499.1 km183 km
1.518.05.2026 15:367.8 km223 km
1.818.05.2026 10:176.6 km161 km
2.615.05.2026 16:541.6 km161 km
1.012.05.2026 15:477 km273 km
0.909.05.2026 06:525.6 km179 km
1.005.05.2026 10:4914.9 km125 km
1.829.04.2026 22:577.3 km98 km
1.124.04.2026 14:477.1 km317 km
1.324.04.2026 06:057 km94 km
1.023.04.2026 06:387 km303 km
1.021.04.2026 12:246.4 km178 km
1.521.04.2026 09:2315.6 km72 km
0.921.04.2026 07:377 km144 km
1.817.04.2026 14:187 km74 km
1.617.04.2026 06:537 km224 km
1.116.04.2026 11:347 km298 km
1.116.04.2026 07:246.7 km141 km
2.710.04.2026 22:318.2 km238 km
2.710.04.2026 22:2216.3 km236 km
1.010.04.2026 07:197 km142 km
2.506.04.2026 05:316 km209 km
1.303.04.2026 10:197.8 km143 km
1.401.04.2026 09:307 km168 km
1.331.03.2026 13:396.9 km84 km
0.931.03.2026 06:286.1 km178 km
1.330.03.2026 10:207 km198 km
1.328.03.2026 15:106.2 km318 km
1.520.03.2026 23:276.5 km221 km
3.417.03.2026 19:4318 km193 km
2.314.03.2026 15:229.7 km174 km
2.413.03.2026 12:495 km206 km
1.213.03.2026 11:325.3 km318 km
1.209.03.2026 02:357 km218 km
2.106.03.2026 22:197.2 km102 km
2.806.03.2026 18:308.1 km96 km

Regions

Blagoevgrad2,928Sofia780Kyustendil780Burgas771Pazardzhik674Smolyan593Haskovo562Yambol540Plovdiv400Stara Zagora390Kardzhali384Sliven329Pernik198

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.