7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 29, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 29, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.
The strongest ones – with the magnitude 4.2 – took place in Western Turkey.
|
Date & Time, UTC |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Depth, km |
Mag |
Region name |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013-08-29 23:20:06.0 |
38.38 |
N |
38.90 |
E |
13 |
3.2 |
EASTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-08-29 15:14:04.0 |
37.58 |
N |
36.36 |
E |
6 |
3.6 |
CENTRAL TURKEY |
|
2013-08-29 13:20:21.0 |
40.44 |
N |
29.13 |
E |
5 |
3.5 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-08-29 11:48:24.0 |
34.71 |
N |
24.77 |
E |
2 |
3.7 |
CRETE, GREECE |
|
2013-08-29 09:03:24.0 |
40.42 |
N |
29.11 |
E |
7 |
3.4 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-08-29 06:20:35.0 |
40.35 |
N |
27.41 |
E |
5 |
4.2 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-08-29 04:06:17.0 |
43.95 |
N |
25.88 |
E |
9 |
4.0 |
ROMANIA |
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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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