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8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 13, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 13, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.0, took place in Central Mediterranean sea. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-13 23:58:12.0

35.10

N

23.64

E

5

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-13 19:04:09.0

34.88

N

24.92

E

5

3.3

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-13 18:43:31.0

36.19

N

35.84

E

10

3.3

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-10-13 17:43:49.0

35.17

N

22.98

E

60

4.0

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-10-13 14:12:36.4

42.46

N

34.47

E

16

3.1

BLACK SEA

2013-10-13 13:12:23.0

35.09

N

23.28

E

5

3.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-13 03:43:12.0

35.41

N

23.28

E

20

3.6

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-13 00:01:23.0

35.33

N

23.33

E

15

3.8

CRETE, GREECE

 

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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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