“The possibility to have a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Bulgaria at moment is more than hypothetical,” said Nikolay Miloshev, Director of the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, speaking with FOCUS News Agency.

“None of the seismologists with the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS) has even thought of issuing a warning for an earthquake of this scale, since it cannot be predicted. After the jolt registered at 00:59 a.m. today, there have not been any other reported so far. There will be after-shocks around the epicentre around the town of Pernik today and the seismologists hope they would be weaker,” Miloshev added.