5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 26, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 26, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-26 20:05:22.0

38.84

N

25.97

E

12

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-08-26 11:03:30.0

38.67

N

26.13

E

5

3.0

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-26 10:13:52.0

34.26

N

24.98

E

20

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-08-26 03:21:40.0

35.28

N

24.96

E

6

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-08-26 02:59:59.0

40.42

N

21.45

E

2

3.0

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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