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SOFIA - An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled Bulgaria on Monday, shattering windows and sending people fleeing into the streets, officials said.
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The tremor was centred 200 km (125 miles) south of the capital near the town of Kardzhali, said Rumen Angelov, an officer at Bulgaria's national civil defence agency. "There are reports of cracked walls, fallen chimneys and broken windows on the top floors of buildings. There is no sign of any casualties, nor has anyone reported damage to road infrastructure or dams," Angelov said. Some people in Kardhali, a town in southern Bulgaria near its border with Greece, left their homes fearing new tremors, Darik Radio reported.
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