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3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 24, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 24, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 3.9 – took place in Caucasus region, Russia.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-24 23:33:06.0

43.36

N

45.63

E

8

3.9

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-08-24 05:36:11.0

34.30

N

26.25

E

20

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-08-24 04:02:04.0

42.42

N

43.73

E

2

3.0

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

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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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