11 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 27, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 11 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on September 27, 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

2013-09-27 22:27:54.0

40.03

N

41.87

E

13

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-27 20:45:04.0

38.04

N

20.24

E

2

3.4

GREECE

2013-09-27 16:53:38.0

39.66

N

25.52

E

12

3.1

AEGEAN SEA

2013-09-27 16:11:12.0

45.55

N

27.89

E

7

3.2

ROMANIA

2013-09-27 14:06:14.0

35.81

N

25.67

E

19

4.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-09-27 10:29:54.0

37.29

N

38.56

E

7

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-09-27 05:58:15.0

35.62

N

27.48

E

2

3.3

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-09-27 04:22:08.0

36.62

N

28.10

E

60

3.5

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-09-27 02:17:22.9

43.42

N

44.93

E

15

3.8

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-09-27 02:15:06.0

37.80

N

22.20

E

30

3.2

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-09-27 02:05:45.0

38.65

N

43.65

E

19

3.6

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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