6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 06, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 6, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 5.4, took place in Romania. 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-06 23:46:00.0

37.87

N

28.96

E

7

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-06 23:44:59.9

40.07

N

41.83

E

2

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-06 21:20:47.0

37.87

N

28.98

E

5

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-06 15:34:59.0

40.84

N

22.79

E

7

3.1

GREECE

2013-10-06 07:15:47.0

38.75

N

43.27

E

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-10-06 01:37:21.0

45.64

N

26.69

E

134

5.4

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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