4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 19, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 19, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-19 22:08:51.0

36.53

N

28.37

E

60

3.2

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-09-19 18:30:17.5

38.71

N

22.72

E

16

3.2

GREECE

2013-09-19 12:41:43.2

38.70

N

22.73

E

16

3.0

GREECE

2013-09-19 02:08:11.0

39.69

N

41.68

E

7

3.1

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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