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3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 25, 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 25, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 4.0 – took place in Azerbaijan.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-25 22:55:16.8

38.72

N

48.80

E

38

3.0

AZERBAIJAN

2013-08-25 07:50:40.0

37.07

N

35.96

E

20

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-08-25 01:18:14.0

41.64

N

46.43

E

2

4.0

AZERBAIJAN

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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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