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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook central Bulgaria on Friday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.
The earthquake occurred just after 2 p.m. local time (1101 GMT) in the Balkan nation. Its epicenter was 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Bulgaria’s second largest city, Plovdiv, at a depth of two kilometers (just over a mile), according to the National Institute of Geophysics.
The tremor was followed by a series of minor aftershocks and was felt in the capital, Sofia, and in other parts of the Balkan country.
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