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15 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 16, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 15 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 16, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 5.0, took place in Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-16 23:50:12.0

39.01

N

41.45

E

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-16 20:59:42.0

38.97

N

43.53

E

5

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-16 19:30:38.0

39.04

N

41.42

E

4

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-16 16:29:48.0

37.26

N

37.09

E

2

3.5

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-09-16 16:13:10.0

38.70

N

22.71

E

2

3.3

GREECE

2013-09-16 15:44:27.3

38.71

N

22.72

E

1

3.0

GREECE

2013-09-16 15:15:46.0

38.70

N

22.72

E

4

3.7

GREECE

2013-09-16 15:07:01.7

38.70

N

22.69

E

8

3.1

GREECE

2013-09-16 15:01:15.0

38.68

N

22.75

E

10

5.0

GREECE

2013-09-16 14:42:39.0

38.69

N

22.70

E

10

4.7

GREECE

2013-09-16 14:23:08.0

38.89

N

30.01

E

2

2.8

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-16 10:31:39.0

39.01

N

41.41

E

6

4.4

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-16 09:56:17.0

35.54

N

27.24

E

10

3.5

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-16 06:35:50.0

34.97

N

23.95

E

15

3.8

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-16 06:34:13.4

34.72

N

23.35

E

7

3.0

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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