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

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 12 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 6, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-06 21:43:25.0

36.36

N

28.81

E

50

3.4

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-09-06 20:20:44.7

36.44

N

25.48

E

10

3.4

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-06 16:35:25.0

41.39

N

43.84

E

2

3.8

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

2013-09-06 15:31:36.0

38.29

N

43.09

E

2

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-06 14:53:35.0

39.88

N

33.39

E

7

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-09-06 11:22:11.0

34.26

N

25.08

E

5

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-06 06:32:52.0

35.84

N

30.50

E

2

3.4

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-09-06 06:02:07.0

37.41

N

42.82

E

7

3.0

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-09-06 04:14:20.0

34.77

N

24.93

E

10

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-06 03:26:57.0

34.70

N

24.89

E

2

4.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-06 03:14:30.0

34.67

N

24.86

E

2

4.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-06 02:57:46.0

34.68

N

24.87

E

2

4.3

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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