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6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 26, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 26, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.6, took place in Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-26 19:01:22.0

45.65

N

26.52

E

137

3.5

ROMANIA

2013-10-26 17:07:14.0

40.21

N

23.11

E

8

3.6

GREECE

2013-10-26 13:42:46.8

36.88

N

33.40

E

3

3.3

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-10-26 09:33:12.2

38.38

N

21.89

E

3

3.1

GREECE

2013-10-26 03:22:37.0

38.69

N

43.22

E

7

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-26 03:09:13.0

38.34

N

27.51

E

8

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

 

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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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