7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 01, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 1, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.2, took place in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-01 23:09:50.0

38.65

N

26.04

E

5

3.2

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-01 21:24:33.0

36.65

N

27.69

E

80

3.4

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-10-01 18:55:30.0

35.60

N

26.00

E

20

3.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-01 12:17:19.0

38.31

N

37.91

E

11

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-10-01 09:03:57.0

37.85

N

27.39

E

8

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-01 06:57:50.0

35.33

N

28.62

E

30

4.2

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-10-01 00:35:46.0

34.35

N

25.11

E

30

3.2

CRETE, 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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