7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 29, 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 29, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-29 23:28:01.0

35.21

N

23.53

E

2

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-29 22:56:32.0

44.98

N

25.86

E

13

3.2

ROMANIA

2013-10-29 20:16:31.9

36.82

N

28.38

E

5

3.0

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-10-29 14:54:38.0

39.62

N

28.87

E

7

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-29 10:55:06.0

35.48

N

27.20

E

15

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-10-29 06:20:27.0

38.49

N

42.97

E

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-29 04:46:31.0

42.33

N

40.93

E

5

3.0

BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA

 

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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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