10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 20, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 20, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

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

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-20 19:18:47.0

38.71

N

22.79

E

2

3.4

GREECE

2013-09-20 18:08:54.0

45.74

N

26.59

E

96

3.5

ROMANIA

2013-09-20 17:49:28.0

41.03

N

43.97

E

7

3.0

ARMENIA

2013-09-20 15:17:40.0

38.35

N

20.35

E

1

3.4

GREECE

2013-09-20 08:58:40.0

38.75

N

43.16

E

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-20 07:18:28.0

36.60

N

26.86

E

118

3.2

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-20 04:53:24.0

38.51

N

21.66

E

1

3.4

GREECE

2013-09-20 04:42:39.0

38.55

N

39.54

E

7

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-20 02:05:18.0

38.18

N

23.11

E

10

4.3

GREECE

2013-09-20 02:02:59.0

37.37

N

37.01

E

8

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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