14 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 23, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 14 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 23, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

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

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-23 22:23:10.0

39.93

N

23.81

E

15

3.1

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-23 17:24:21.8

35.05

N

24.39

E

17

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-23 16:54:05.0

39.09

N

29.17

E

7

3.6

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-23 14:19:50.0

40.57

N

25.59

E

8

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-23 13:56:31.5

38.71

N

22.75

E

12

3.0

GREECE

2013-09-23 13:38:23.1

38.09

N

22.13

E

50

3.0

GREECE

2013-09-23 13:15:57.7

43.50

N

27.06

E

11

3.0

BULGARIA

2013-09-23 10:08:41.0

45.52

N

27.88

E

5

3.0

ROMANIA

2013-09-23 09:36:08.0

38.83

N

26.71

E

7

3.2

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-23 08:33:48.0

34.59

N

25.17

E

10

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-23 07:40:42.0

43.30

N

46.01

E

10

3.2

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-09-23 04:36:41.0

39.56

N

23.53

E

13

3.4

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-23 04:04:54.0

40.46

N

48.73

E

1

3.5

AZERBAIJAN

2013-09-23 00:37:05.2

37.37

N

29.78

E

5

3.0

WESTERN 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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