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8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 18, 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 18, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.3, took place in Eastern Turkey.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-18 21:10:04.0

37.36

N

36.17

E

7

3.7

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-09-18 18:32:57.0

34.19

N

25.10

E

20

4.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-18 18:22:42.0

39.70

N

41.68

E

7

4.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-18 18:06:22.0

34.42

N

25.12

E

30

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-18 05:19:52.0

40.01

N

38.81

E

10

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-18 03:33:17.4

36.59

N

22.02

E

5

3.1

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-09-18 00:27:28.0

45.68

N

26.58

E

140

3.6

ROMANIA

2013-09-18 00:23:33.0

42.13

N

45.74

E

2

3.8

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

 

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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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