6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on October 25, 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 25, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.6, took place in Western Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-10-25 23:45:00.0

41.42

N

44.08

E

1

3.5

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

2013-10-25 22:03:56.0

37.83

N

21.64

E

1

3.4

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-10-25 20:10:23.0

36.83

N

27.44

E

8

3.0

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-10-25 12:01:32.0

40.41

N

26.07

E

5

3.6

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-25 05:57:32.0

40.42

N

26.05

E

5

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-10-25 04:40:00.0

34.63

N

25.02

E

15

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-10-25 00:49:20.0

45.89

N

26.83

E

82

3.3

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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