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9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 28, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on August 28, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 4.1 – took place in Eastern Turkey.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-08-28 23:42:26.7

43.25

N

44.53

E

10

3.6

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-08-28 21:22:19.1

34.93

N

25.64

E

10

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-08-28 17:27:22.0

40.18

N

25.06

E

5

3.4

AEGEAN SEA

2013-08-28 08:43:44.0

41.55

N

24.04

E

5

3.8

BULGARIA

2013-08-28 07:32:48.0

38.38

N

38.90

E

17

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-08-28 06:48:50.0

41.60

N

23.99

E

10

3.9

BULGARIA

2013-08-28 06:26:08.0

38.38

N

38.92

E

10

4.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-08-28 01:35:08.0

37.45

N

38.11

E

11

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-08-28 01:11:05.0

40.37

N

28.90

E

6

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

 

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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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