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8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 22, 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 November 22, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.6, took place in Western Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-11-22 16:46:11.0

45.64

N

26.50

E

142

3.2

ROMANIA

2013-11-22 15:12:04.0

39.02

N

22.40

E

15

4.1

GREECE

2013-11-22 12:00:23.0

35.36

N

31.80

E

25

4.2

CYPRUS REGION

2013-11-22 11:05:22.5

39.64

N

38.16

E

5

3.4

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-11-22 10:25:07.8

34.84

N

24.10

E

13

3.6

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-22 08:35:37.0

37.70

N

29.28

E

8

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-11-22 03:29:18.0

38.66

N

43.20

E

5

4.6

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-11-22 00:55:21.4

39.64

N

35.47

E

5

3.0

CENTRAL 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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