8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 21, 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 September 21, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.4, took place in Eastern Turkey.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-21 22:18:31.0

35.02

N

26.94

E

2

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-21 14:48:20.0

41.97

N

46.60

E

20

3.5

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-09-21 14:46:40.0

35.12

N

23.02

E

2

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-21 11:31:08.0

35.86

N

31.09

E

10

3.9

CYPRUS REGION

2013-09-21 07:35:05.0

37.77

N

21.06

E

1

3.8

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-09-21 07:30:48.7

38.72

N

22.79

E

8

3.0

GREECE

2013-09-21 06:07:57.0

34.92

N

24.41

E

10

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-21 02:15:45.0

38.70

N

43.46

E

2

4.4

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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