6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 1, 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 November 1, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-11-01 21:41:51.0

36.55

N

23.07

E

10

3.6

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-11-01 16:19:37.0

35.26

N

22.62

E

2

3.0

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-11-01 13:18:27.0

40.53

N

35.16

E

14

3.6

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-11-01 12:00:20.2

44.04

N

42.08

E

5

3.4

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-11-01 10:27:32.0

36.94

N

27.79

E

2

3.0

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-11-01 01:27:18.0

38.10

N

35.17

E

5

3.6

CENTRAL 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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