6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 15, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 15, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.8, took place in Romania.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-15 20:49:32.0

35.27

N

26.28

E

5

3.3

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-15 20:25:47.0

34.98

N

26.20

E

40

4.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-15 19:33:12.0

45.63

N

26.59

E

150

4.8

ROMANIA

2013-10-15 13:42:46.2

34.74

N

24.85

E

1

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-15 03:35:43.0

44.55

N

34.41

E

25

3.6

CRIMEA REGION, UKRAINE

2013-10-15 01:15:34.0

34.87

N

34.00

E

2

4.3

CYPRUS REGION

 

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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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