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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