9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 12, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 12, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.9, took place in Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-11-12 21:04:06.0

39.09

N

28.35

E

5

3.7

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-11-12 20:05:18.1

45.61

N

26.58

E

147

3.3

ROMANIA

2013-11-12 19:50:52.0

34.68

N

24.97

E

15

3.8

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-12 19:09:56.3

38.90

N

23.07

E

2

3.6

GREECE

2013-11-12 18:09:27.0

38.90

N

23.09

E

10

4.9

GREECE

2013-11-12 16:59:42.0

36.04

N

28.23

E

68

3.6

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-11-12 12:32:00.0

36.62

N

27.42

E

80

3.2

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-11-12 12:30:53.7

37.98

N

25.63

E

10

3.5

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-11-12 06:19:31.0

37.04

N

28.00

E

5

3.0

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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