8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 28, 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 28, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-28 21:55:39.0

35.97

N

29.03

E

12

3.1

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-10-28 20:21:52.0

35.48

N

21.85

E

106

3.5

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-10-28 19:34:03.0

38.91

N

26.90

E

14

3.4

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-28 17:36:39.0

40.48

N

43.04

E

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-28 15:28:29.0

38.69

N

26.52

E

10

3.3

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-28 12:36:20.0

35.89

N

30.96

E

2

3.5

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-10-28 03:15:07.0

38.69

N

43.23

E

3

3.4

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-28 00:32:38.0

35.31

N

23.18

E

2

3.0

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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