2012 Pernik earthquake

Earthquake in Bulgaria 2012 Pernik earthquake 2012-05-22 00:00:32 601031496 usp000jkrw 2012 05 22 y 03:00:32 EEST File:2012 Pernik Intensity.jpg USGS shakemap for the event Bulgaria 5.6 w y 10.0 km on 42.65 22.97 inline,title Dip-slip Pernik Province, Bulgaria 1 (indirect) VII The 2012 Pernik earthquake was a 5.6 w y magnitude earthquake, which struck 24 km (15 miles) west of Bulgaria's capital Sofia and 9 km (6 miles) north-northwest of the provincial center Pernik on 22 May 2012 at 3:00 am local time (00:00 UTC) at a depth of 9.4 km us.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gWUuOg2nQhkEusTJyHShLu47T-Tg?docId=CNG.083833085acfb87a2eafecefbd831ed9.4f1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525080840/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gWUuOg2nQhkEusTJyHShLu47T-Tg?docId=CNG.083833085acfb87a2eafecefbd831ed9.4f1 dead May 25, 2012 AFP: Quake rocks Bulgaria, no casualties 2012-05-22 Impact thumb|left|One of the three towers of the "Republika" Thermal Power Station in Pernik was heavily damaged An emergency was declared in Pernik in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. Mayors from nearby villages reported no significant damage. Novinite.Com, Pernik declares quake emergency, dam wall safe, May 22, 2012. Many residents in Sofia were reported to have fled their homes and gathered in the streets. Xinhua journalists in the capital reported that Internet connectivity had been cut off.http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/05/22/2821s701141.htm https://archive.today/20120710145604/http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/05/22/2821s701141.htm dead July 10, 2012 5.8-magnitude Quake Hits Bulgaria Xinhua News Agency 2012-05-22 2012-05-21 According to the civil defense office, there were widespread reports of toppled chimneys, cracked walls and broken windows in the Pernik area, where a state of emergency was declared for 24 hours.http://bnr.bg/sites/horizont/Society/Bulgaria/Pages/2305zemetresenie.aspx https://archive.today/20120712214327/http://bnr.bg/sites/horizont/Society/Bulgaria/Pages/2305zemetresenie.aspx 2012-07-12 (Bulgarian National Radio) One of the three cooling towers of the city's Republika Power Plant partially collapsed during the tremor, and as a result the capacity has been temporarily reduced.http://news.bgnes.com/view/1007296 https://web.archive.org/web/20120526125756/http://news.bgnes.com/view/1007296 2012-05-26 (BGNES) Casualties A 59-year-old woman from Kyustendil had a heart attack and was listed as the only indirect casualty.http://www.blitz.bg/news/article/140173 Blitz.bg Aftermath The Bulgarian government initially sent 14 teams to the area to assess the damage, and their first reports concluded that around 60% of all homes have been affected. At least 150 people have been relocated to temporary shelters, and several schools and kindergartens in the area would have to be demolished or rebuilt.http://bnr.bg/sites/horizont/Society/Bulgaria/Pages/0523jhhhggh.aspx https://archive.today/20120707221012/http://bnr.bg/sites/horizont/Society/Bulgaria/Pages/0523jhhhggh.aspx 2012-07-07 (Bulgarian National Radio) A total of 14,000 buildings were eventually inspected, and approximately 50 of them will be torn down.http://www.vesti.bg/index.phtml?tid=40&oid=4833251 (Vesti.bg)http://www.focus-news.net/?id=h3816 (Focus News) Initial estimates put the damage costs in the capital Sofia at around 1.3 million leva (around 660,000 euro), while the city of Pernik suffered at least 20 million leva (around 10.2 million euro).http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=139746 Earthquake Damages in Bulgaria's Sofia Estimated at BGN 1.3 M Novinite 28 May 2012 28 May 2012 See also List of earthquakes in 2012 List of earthquakes in Bulgaria References M5.6 – Bulgaria https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000jkrw#general_summary United States Geological Survey Further reading Report on field survey after May 22, 2012 Pernik earthquake http://www.geology.bas.bg/docum/Coseismic%20geological%20effects%20Pernik%20%28Bulgaria%29%20Mw%205.6%20earthquake.pdf A. Radulov M. Yaneva S. Shanov V. Nikolov K. Kostov N. Nikolov V. Hristov N. Dobrev A. Mitev 2012 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences External links 601031496 Bulgaria Category:2012 in Bulgaria Category:Earthquakes in Bulgaria Category:Pernik Category:May 2012 in Europe