10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 9, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 9, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.1, took place in Turkey-Iran border region.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-11-09 21:21:04.0

38.27

N

44.93

E

2

4.1

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

2013-11-09 17:52:12.0

40.29

N

25.77

E

8

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-11-09 13:11:18.0

35.42

N

23.17

E

15

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-09 12:34:03.0

35.31

N

23.36

E

20

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-09 09:03:35.0

39.07

N

24.46

E

13

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-11-09 07:34:15.0

38.44

N

42.92

E

8

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-11-09 07:16:18.0

36.29

N

27.17

E

11

3.6

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-11-09 07:14:53.0

35.49

N

23.43

E

30

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-09 06:28:44.0

39.00

N

22.46

E

15

3.2

GREECE

2013-11-09 00:00:13.0

38.39

N

44.71

E

2

3.1

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

 

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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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