Earthquake was registered by the Black Sea coast of the Crimea / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the earthquake was registered on October 24 at 13:16 local time (at 09:16 GMT).

According to the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the intensity of the earthquake was 3,7 points.

The epicenter was located 55 km from the Novorossiysk.

Map from website: www.ceme.gsras.ru

BSN 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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