5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 02, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 2, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.2, took place in Crete, Greece. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-02 23:52:37.0

45.52

N

27.82

E

3

3.0

ROMANIA

2013-10-02 22:56:00.6

34.62

N

24.10

E

10

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-02 17:57:08.0

35.64

N

25.18

E

48

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-02 05:51:12.7

38.28

N

27.96

E

8

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-02 03:28:14.0

35.63

N

23.46

E

5

3.1

CRETE, 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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