4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 3, 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 September 3, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 3.6 – took place in Black Sea, offshore Georgia.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-03 23:44:10.6

36.46

N

26.77

E

199

3.2

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-03 15:42:56.0

36.20

N

29.53

E

2

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-03 07:34:37.0

39.71

N

25.61

E

7

3.3

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-03 06:53:18.0

42.35

N

41.02

E

2

3.6

BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA

 

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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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