4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 27, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 27, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.
The strongest ones – with the magnitude 3.7 – took place near the coast of Western Turkey.
|
Date & Time, UTC |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Depth, km |
Mag |
Region name |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013-08-27 11:39:15.0 |
38.75 |
N |
26.00 |
E |
10 |
3.7 |
NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-08-27 01:12:15.0 |
34.55 |
N |
23.88 |
E |
5 |
3.4 |
CRETE, GREECE |
|
2013-08-27 01:09:15.0 |
37.95 |
N |
27.16 |
E |
7 |
3.2 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-08-27 00:00:59.0 |
39.58 |
N |
27.03 |
E |
7 |
3.1 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
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BSNews Reference Note:
Earthquake Hypocenter - the point of the beginning of a fault.
Earthquake Epicenter - the projection of the hypocenter onto the Earth's surface
Earthquake Magnitude - the amount of energy released by an earthquake in the form of seismic waves.
Earthquake intensity - a measure of amount of the earth tremors at the territory, covered by the earthquake; depends on of the magnitude and depth of the hypocenter.
Different countries use different scales of earthquake intensity. In Europe, Russia and the United States a 12-point scale is used.
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