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8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 22, 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 August 22, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 3.8 – took place in Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-22 21:22:03.0

36.01

N

28.48

E

20

3.3

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-08-22 20:56:58.0

38.31

N

26.63

E

2

3.4

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-22 15:14:56.0

38.15

N

38.25

E

8

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-08-22 10:43:04.6

40.70

N

22.49

E

10

3.8

GREECE

2013-08-22 09:37:06.0

38.91

N

27.73

E

5

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-22 05:48:54.0

43.14

N

41.66

E

10

3.0

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

2013-08-22 05:16:29.0

37.87

N

29.19

E

1

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-08-22 00:15:45.4

34.71

N

27.37

E

10

3.2

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

 

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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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