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2012-05-22 Mw 5.6 BULGARIA

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Magnitude	Mw 5.6
Region	BULGARIA
Date time	2012-05-22 00:00:33.0 UTC
Location	42.66 N ; 23.01 E
Depth	10 km
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Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

Звука беше неописуем. Не наподобяваше на нищо, което съм чувала и след това чух при вторичните трусове. Започна изведнъж и изключително силно. Имах усещането, че клетките на тялото ми се разпадат. В самото начало сякаш нещо грабна къщата тръсна я и започна да я мачка. Продължи доста дълго. Всички бяха по-уплашени от звука, отколкото от самото земетресение.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

It was vibrating very fast up-down and I was unable to walk. I jumped from the bed but couldn't walk. It was pinning my legs in the floor with fast up-down tremble and I just hold standing.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

The roar that came from underground was so......I don't have words to describe it.......May be "chilly" is the best word for it.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

I fell a mighty vertical push that threw me out of bed then a north-south shakes started that completely threw the kitchen belongings and objects from the north wall down on the floor. Then everything started swaying. The damages are mainly on the south wall of my building, as well as on the nearby houses as well. the walls that run north-south are OK. The attic inside walls of the neighbour house(oriented east-west) have fallen down to the south.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

It was horrible, there is no hope for - strong earthquakes.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

It was very difficult and a complete shock. What I will never forget was the sound 1-2 seconds before the shaking started. I live on 12th floor. I personally don't have pets but some of my friends report that a cat pet was very nervous and was running all over the room just before the earthquake appeared and this managed to wake my friend up. And another friend reported that her two dogs have started to howl like wolves exactly two minutes before the earthquake. She was wondering what was all about and then it came. It was a complete shock and we have slept in our cars this night - everybody here is very frightened. Many people left the town. Some buildings are *partly* crashed.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

I don't want ever to expirience quake again.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

The first 30 seconds after big shock ware very, very quiet. I open the window and looked outside and there were no movements or noise. One minute latter I felt the small aftershock and then I heat that all people from building start to go out.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

 /- 10 minutes before the 03:00 quake I heard a loud sound like it was from a train passing by, except we have no railroads close by.

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

Many people talk about bright light that night. In 04:30 have after-shock about 4,7 we was on the street and I felt something as underground wave. That lift car to my neighbour

Witness location : Pernik (Bulgaria) (6 km S from epicenter)

по време на труса имах чувството,че къщата се разтяга като ветрило заедно с продължителното бучене, не можех да се изправя от леглото дълго време.

Witness location : Breznik (Bulgaria) (12 km NW from epicenter)

this being my first earthquake experience, I was not sure what it was.  The house is built on a gradient and it felt like it was sliding down the slope and going to collapse, although it was only trembling on it's foundations. It was very frightening.

Witness location : Radomir (Bulgaria) (13 km S from epicenter)

As the electricity went out we were kind of disoriented slightly and because of the roar and the trees waving I told there was a storm outside.

Witness location : Vladaya (Bulgaria) (15 km E from epicenter)

One big shot and then 20 sec of trembling