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4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 5, 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 5, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-05 15:32:14.0

34.70

N

24.86

E

5

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-05 08:05:33.0

38.61

N

43.61

E

20

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-05 04:45:39.0

39.00

N

28.75

E

5

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-05 03:48:29.0

35.07

N

23.17

E

15

3.3

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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