4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 14, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 14, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-14 15:03:29.0

38.39

N

26.72

E

5

3.3

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-14 07:11:59.0

35.35

N

23.23

E

23

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-14 04:06:58.0

37.90

N

29.26

E

20

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-14 01:13:31.0

36.92

N

31.76

E

8

3.4

WESTERN 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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