8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 04, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 4, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.9, took place in Eastern Turkey. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-04 22:50:26.0

39.98

N

42.94

E

5

3.9

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-04 21:08:10.0

45.57

N

27.96

E

10

3.6

ROMANIA

2013-10-04 14:29:25.0

45.58

N

28.02

E

5

3.8

ROMANIA

2013-10-04 10:13:38.3

35.91

N

24.37

E

10

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-04 09:13:04.8

36.67

N

21.72

E

4

3.3

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-10-04 08:20:27.0

39.02

N

41.40

E

2

3.7

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-04 07:46:33.6

35.95

N

24.12

E

10

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-04 05:01:15.0

40.05

N

27.11

E

5

3.1

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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