7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 22, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 22, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.6, took place in Azerbaijan.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-22 21:46:56.0

40.43

N

26.25

E

8

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-22 15:45:54.0

40.79

N

48.41

E

7

3.6

AZERBAIJAN

2013-09-22 12:27:00.0

42.36

N

23.71

E

5

3.4

BULGARIA

2013-09-22 07:39:38.9

38.76

N

22.75

E

3

3.2

GREECE

2013-09-22 06:13:24.0

39.07

N

41.49

E

6

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-22 05:53:42.0

37.23

N

43.99

E

5

3.4

TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-09-22 04:05:45.6

38.73

N

22.73

E

8

3.3

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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