21 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 8, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

08:17 09.09.2013
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According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 21 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 8, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 5.0 – took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-08 23:51:12.0

35.60

N

27.83

E

10

3.8

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-08 23:48:03.0

35.39

N

27.89

E

33

3.5

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-08 20:11:02.0

34.69

N

25.08

E

2

4.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-08 18:08:02.0

41.61

N

23.94

E

10

3.1

BULGARIA

2013-09-08 18:00:32.0

38.28

N

20.68

E

2

3.3

GREECE

2013-09-08 16:32:59.0

36.40

N

28.30

E

40

3.5

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-09-08 13:55:35.0

37.37

N

36.54

E

8

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-09-08 13:22:13.0

45.58

N

22.88

E

2

4.8

ROMANIA

2013-09-08 13:00:43.0

45.56

N

22.87

E

2

4.2

ROMANIA

2013-09-08 12:02:35.0

35.64

N

32.18

E

40

3.4

CYPRUS REGION

2013-09-08 10:33:01.0

40.85

N

22.76

E

2

4.1

GREECE

2013-09-08 06:44:58.0

35.07

N

23.22

E

2

3.3

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-08 06:22:11.0

38.59

N

23.74

E

9

3.5

GREECE

2013-09-08 05:24:40.0

34.81

N

25.10

E

2

3.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-08 04:59:30.0

34.80

N

25.01

E

10

5.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-08 04:31:22.0

37.45

N

26.92

E

5

3.5

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-08 03:24:20.0

37.40

N

26.85

E

5

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-08 02:11:29.0

38.37

N

26.82

E

20

3.0

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-08 02:05:23.0

38.45

N

30.61

E

15

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-08 01:06:32.0

37.49

N

27.08

E

2

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-08 01:06:32.0

37.49

N

27.08

E

2

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-08 00:57:04.0

38.85

N

43.56

E

14

3.6

EASTERN 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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