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4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 4, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 4, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 3.5 – took place in Romania.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-04 21:16:22.0

39.57

N

20.46

E

2

3.0

GREECE

2013-09-04 04:45:10.0

35.27

N

31.61

E

2

3.1

CYPRUS REGION

2013-09-04 00:18:48.0

45.69

N

26.50

E

88

3.5

ROMANIA

2013-09-04 00:16:48.3

38.71

N

22.73

E

6

3.0

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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