5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on December 13, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on December 13, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-12-13 16:33:13.2

44.70

N

41.77

E

5

3.5

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-12-13 15:00:40.0

39.45

N

38.31

E

7

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-12-13 14:40:24.0

39.72

N

25.65

E

2

3.1

AEGEAN SEA

2013-12-13 02:19:48.0

37.71

N

42.60

E

7

3.2

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-12-13 01:40:22.1

45.60

N

26.47

E

109

3.0

ROMANIA

 

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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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