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8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 1, 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 September 1, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

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

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-01 21:26:25.0

41.78

N

22.99

E

5

3.0

BULGARIA

2013-09-01 21:22:59.0

41.79

N

22.92

E

5

3.0

FYR OF MACEDONIA

2013-09-01 18:13:04.5

38.60

N

43.78

E

5

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-01 14:26:44.2

34.51

N

26.18

E

100

3.8

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-01 11:13:42.4

45.58

N

26.54

E

128

3.2

ROMANIA

2013-09-01 05:31:00.0

38.82

N

26.79

E

18

3.7

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-01 01:43:28.0

34.91

N

26.00

E

2

3.6

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-01 00:15:32.0

34.89

N

24.75

E

2

3.1

CRETE, 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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