site.btaBulgarian Seismologist Describes Istanbul Earthquake as “Medium-Strong”

Bulgarian experts put the magnitude of Wednesday’s Istanbul earthquake at 6.3 points on the Richter scale, marginally higher than the 6.2 points reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, said the head of the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Nikolai Miloshev, who was interviewed by BTA hours after the jolt. This earthquake falls into the category of medium-strong seismic events, Miloshev said.