3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 24, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 24, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.8, took place in Dodecanese islands, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-24 18:55:00.0

36.84

N

27.46

E

10

3.4

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-09-24 04:18:22.0

36.49

N

26.78

E

134

3.8

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-24 02:40:10.0

39.56

N

23.55

E

13

3.1

AEGEAN SEA

 

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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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