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6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 21, 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 August 21, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-21 22:20:00.0

38.69

N

22.70

E

0

3.5

GREECE

2013-08-21 20:57:51.0

38.94

N

43.02

E

7

3.7

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-08-21 18:48:03.0

39.10

N

30.22

E

5

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-21 16:32:38.0

37.52

N

38.72

E

5

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-08-21 14:54:18.0

38.68

N

27.94

E

3

3.7

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-21 07:09:23.0

38.71

N

22.70

E

7

3.2

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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