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9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 3, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 3, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.2, took place in Southern Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-11-03 16:52:05.0

42.41

N

40.82

E

20

3.7

BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA

2013-11-03 12:46:39.0

40.39

N

27.12

E

5

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-11-03 12:10:38.0

40.47

N

40.85

E

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-11-03 11:27:51.0

36.08

N

25.07

E

4

3.2

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-11-03 10:43:11.0

40.36

N

37.37

E

2

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-11-03 10:22:02.0

37.76

N

21.21

E

10

4.2

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-11-03 10:02:35.0

38.91

N

23.10

E

4

3.3

GREECE

2013-11-03 09:44:10.0

38.63

N

44.23

E

2

3.0

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

2013-11-03 01:48:26.0

38.81

N

21.95

E

1

3.6

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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