8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 31, 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 August 31, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 3.8 – took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-31 14:11:12.0

39.41

N

28.22

E

5

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-31 13:49:42.0

39.40

N

28.23

E

2

3.6

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-31 13:14:50.0

39.41

N

28.27

E

7

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-31 12:21:16.0

45.63

N

26.51

E

143

3.7

ROMANIA

2013-08-31 11:20:50.0

39.41

N

28.25

E

5

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-31 08:40:21.0

35.29

N

29.54

E

30

3.1

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-08-31 07:36:43.0

35.56

N

26.78

E

5

3.8

CRETE, GREECE

2013-08-31 00:14:28.1

36.68

N

23.77

E

10

3.0

SOUTHERN 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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