Tuesday’s 5.7-magnitude earthquake in Gorja was also felt strongly in Sofia and Belgrade, as well as other cities in Bulgaria and Serbia.

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According to the Serbian daily Blic, quoted by News.ro, the earthquake was felt mainly in the Serbian capital Belgrade, as well as in the cities of Kladovo, Valjevo and Sviljainets.

According to images on Instagram, the facade of a building collapsed in Veliko Hradište.

On March 24, 1922, the most powerful earthquake in modern history occurred in Serbia. Its epicenter was in Lazarevac, but it was felt throughout Serbia.

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Seismologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences reported an earthquake in Romania with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.

“We have data that the earthquake was felt all over the country – mainly in Vidin, Vratsa, Montana and Sofia,” said seismologist from BAS Plamena Raykova, writes Novinite.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 occurred on Tuesday in the county of Gorz, it was felt in Bucharest and several counties of the country. Initially, the INFP data reported that the earthquake occurred in Vilcha and had a lower intensity.

​A new earthquake, which was accompanied by at least six aftershocks, occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Romania, in the county of Gorges, and became the strongest in the last five years. The earthquake, with a revised magnitude of 5.7, struck at a depth of just 6.3 kilometers and was also felt in Bucharest.