5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 10, 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 10, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.6, took place in Western Turkey.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-10 19:28:48.0

41.62

N

25.25

E

2

3.5

BULGARIA

2013-09-10 18:56:38.0

43.01

N

23.63

E

9

3.2

BULGARIA

2013-09-10 16:06:29.0

40.99

N

31.97

E

5

3.6

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-10 13:46:22.0

41.38

N

35.88

E

5

3.1

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-09-10 12:09:21.0

36.92

N

23.25

E

60

3.5

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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