5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 05, 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 5, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.5, took place in Romania. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-05 21:31:34.2

37.04

N

33.16

E

2

3.3

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-10-05 17:42:33.0

34.98

N

23.43

E

20

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-05 15:19:07.0

45.53

N

27.89

E

5

3.5

ROMANIA

2013-10-05 07:03:18.0

34.73

N

25.05

E

15

3.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-05 00:12:04.0

36.62

N

27.43

E

108

3.0

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

 

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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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