5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 7, 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 September 7, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Western Turkey.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-07 23:59:44.0

38.44

N

30.62

E

7

3.8

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-07 16:21:59.6

43.02

N

23.60

E

2

3.0

BULGARIA

2013-09-07 13:21:03.0

39.53

N

41.28

E

7

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-07 00:34:49.0

41.39

N

43.86

E

2

3.0

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

2013-09-07 00:30:04.0

38.70

N

43.61

E

7

3.1

EASTERN 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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