17 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 25, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 17 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 25, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.1, took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-09-25 22:18:14.0

35.23

N

31.95

E

15

3.0

CYPRUS REGION

2013-09-25 21:05:41.0

35.24

N

28.01

E

10

3.3

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-09-25 15:43:23.0

45.54

N

27.91

E

4

3.2

ROMANIA

2013-09-25 14:39:29.0

38.77

N

25.93

E

10

3.6

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-25 13:56:20.0

36.54

N

25.51

E

8

3.7

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-25 13:39:44.0

40.74

N

27.43

E

22

3.5

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-25 11:55:53.6

36.92

N

33.37

E

9

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-09-25 11:49:43.0

37.24

N

42.53

E

5

3.1

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-09-25 11:40:02.0

38.65

N

25.36

E

2

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-25 10:25:34.0

40.79

N

31.50

E

8

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-25 09:24:15.0

39.13

N

29.08

E

6

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-25 08:09:29.0

40.43

N

26.26

E

10

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-25 07:18:44.0

40.44

N

26.34

E

5

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-25 05:08:39.0

38.56

N

27.39

E

4

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-09-25 02:50:41.0

45.54

N

27.87

E

6

3.5

ROMANIA

2013-09-25 02:17:21.0

35.20

N

26.39

E

74

4.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-25 00:36:11.0

45.55

N

27.90

E

7

3.5

ROMANIA

 

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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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