10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 03, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 3, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.8, took place in Romania. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-03 21:37:44.0

37.14

N

23.12

E

60

3.2

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-10-03 20:42:03.0

40.29

N

25.70

E

5

3.0

AEGEAN SEA

2013-10-03 17:46:40.1

34.89

N

24.85

E

10

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-03 10:26:07.0

40.09

N

28.70

E

7

3.7

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-03 09:27:41.0

45.57

N

27.91

E

4

3.8

ROMANIA

2013-10-03 06:41:47.0

45.55

N

27.92

E

4

3.1

ROMANIA

2013-10-03 05:52:50.0

45.54

N

27.91

E

5

3.0

ROMANIA

2013-10-03 04:37:40.0

45.52

N

27.85

E

5

3.6

ROMANIA

2013-10-03 03:34:17.8

43.11

N

45.20

E

80

3.5

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-10-03 01:45:38.0

36.05

N

30.95

E

10

3.4

WESTERN 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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